Survey: Americans accept contraception, divide over LGBT rights

When it comes to contraception, a clear majority of Americans say employers should be required to cover it in their health-care plans, even if they have religious objections.

But a recent survey by the Pew Research Center reveals a sharp division on another hot topic: whether wedding service providers should have to serve same-sex couples. And Americans also disagree on whether transgender people should have to use the public restroom of the gender assigned to them at birth.

“What doesn’t surprise me—but is, I think, the biggest news in terms of the value of the research—is the deep divide in this country is more basically theological than anything else,” said Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.