Pew Research Center Staff

Four-in-ten Americans support allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally.

About half of Americans say homosexual behavior is morally wrong.

During the last week in September, natural disaster news took up 15.4% of airtime on the network news.

Young Latinos are more likely to be in school or the work force now than in previous generations.

Latinos are more likely than the general population to say a college education is necessary to get ahead in life.

More than six-in-ten Americans approve of the U.S. negotiating directly with Iran over the issue of its nuclear program.

Six-in-ten Americans say it is more important to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons than avoiding military conflict.

Two-thirds of Republicans support the "watchdog role" for the press, up from 44% last year when Bush was president.

Only 15% of Americans say that the scarcity of women in top business positions is because they generally lack the toughness required.

Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate.