U.S. support for LGBTQ+ rights is declining after decades of support. Here’s why
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For the last few decades, LGBTQ+ rights in America have seen increasing public support. But now, a new survey finds a slight decline in that support for the first time in years. William Brangham speaks with Melissa Deckman, CEO of the Public Religion Research Institute, to learn more about the data.
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      The organization who published this survey is ran by a man who received all of their education at a religious colleges in Missouri, decided to start an “American Values Atlas”, and most recently, is pushing a narrative that support for LGBTQ+ people is diminishing, despite other indicators to the contrary. The survey doesn’t disclose who the set of participants is, or how the data was collected, just that large number (22,000) was asked as part of an in-house program (an “American Values Atlas”).