It’s not surprising that the area with one of the highest concentrations of higher learning is also the area with the highest acceptance rate of peoples’ inherent differences. Bigotry is a byproduct of ignorance/stupidity. Intelligent people know better than to discriminate based on sexual preference, race, gender, etc.
Pew is reputable, and statistics can be counterintuitive with the number of samples needed for reliable results. Still, it would be more useful to see the actual questions asked
Even if the poll is suspect, I can tell you from personal experience it is much different up here. I just moved to New England from Texas and the difference is just staggering. I’m in an upper middle-class semi-rural area and there are pride flag everywhere. The church in on the main road has a sign that says, “Everyone Welcome” with rainbows on it. The city themselves gave out pride signs for people to put in their yards. These are not things you would ever see in Texas (outside of maybe Austin).
I coach youth soccer and my last season in Texas I had a player with 2 dads. One of the league officials sent me a message before the start of the season “warning” me about that. Absolutely nothing like that here. No one bats an eye or comments on the makeup of a kid’s family.
This is all just from my experience as a straight CIS male. I’m sure someone from the LGBTQ+ can give a better perspective.
In the lower class, what used to be lower middle class. And left New England because I had the opposite experience. Oddly enough I moved to the SW and find it much more accepting.
In New England I always found acceptance to be class based.
A lot of libertarians out here. Not big “L” members of the Libertarian party, but little “l” people who have libertarian sentiments of freedom and personal sovereignty and non-aggression principle.
Of course there’s still a share of MAGA bigots. My neighbor is as nutty and hateful as any I’ve met in the more bigoted states per the chart.
Holy shit, what miracle happened in New England?
It’s not surprising that the area with one of the highest concentrations of higher learning is also the area with the highest acceptance rate of peoples’ inherent differences. Bigotry is a byproduct of ignorance/stupidity. Intelligent people know better than to discriminate based on sexual preference, race, gender, etc.
All my homies hate homophobes.
The miracle of LGBTQ+
Bullshit polls. Hasn’t this one been called out before. This one or one similar to this just polled like 100 people in the entire state.
Pew is reputable, and statistics can be counterintuitive with the number of samples needed for reliable results. Still, it would be more useful to see the actual questions asked
According to this, they sampled 35000 americans. https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/
You’re right to be skeptical about polls in general. A lot of garbage out there
Even if the poll is suspect, I can tell you from personal experience it is much different up here. I just moved to New England from Texas and the difference is just staggering. I’m in an upper middle-class semi-rural area and there are pride flag everywhere. The church in on the main road has a sign that says, “Everyone Welcome” with rainbows on it. The city themselves gave out pride signs for people to put in their yards. These are not things you would ever see in Texas (outside of maybe Austin).
I coach youth soccer and my last season in Texas I had a player with 2 dads. One of the league officials sent me a message before the start of the season “warning” me about that. Absolutely nothing like that here. No one bats an eye or comments on the makeup of a kid’s family.
This is all just from my experience as a straight CIS male. I’m sure someone from the LGBTQ+ can give a better perspective.
In the lower class, what used to be lower middle class. And left New England because I had the opposite experience. Oddly enough I moved to the SW and find it much more accepting.
In New England I always found acceptance to be class based.
A lot of libertarians out here. Not big “L” members of the Libertarian party, but little “l” people who have libertarian sentiments of freedom and personal sovereignty and non-aggression principle.
Of course there’s still a share of MAGA bigots. My neighbor is as nutty and hateful as any I’ve met in the more bigoted states per the chart.