According to the data provided by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a big majority of U.S. citizens continue to back ample non-discrimination protections suited for LGBT individuals. 69% of Americans approve laws which would safeguard such individuals from being segregated against in housing, jobs, and public accommodations.

The backing for such protections has kept constant from 2014, with approximately 70% of Americans favouring non-discrimination protections in 2015 (71%), 2016 (72%), and 2017 (70%). Younger U.S. citizens are much more apparent compared to their older nationals on backing LGBT protection laws. About 76% of Americans in the 18 to 29 years age group favor these laws, in comparison to only 59% of seniors aged 65 years or older.

When it comes to politics, there is bipartisan backing for non-discrimination protections—79% of Democrats and 56% of Republicans back such laws. Independents stand at 70% who back laws safeguarding LGBTs from discrimination.

The PRRI data reveals some interesting trends, such as the support for non-discriminatory laws dropping among Republicans, from 61% in 2015 to 56% in 2018. Theories abound regarding this, one of them being “traditional” Republicans discarding the party after Donald Trump became the president and leader of the GOP. The party, in that sense, now comprises of conservative white evangelicals. This theory can easily be deduced to be faulty as the drop in non-discrimination support is highest among young GOP members, who are expectedly less enthusiastic by religious motivations in comparison to older Republicans. The drop in support among GOP members below 30 years of age for anti-discrimination provisions was evidently sharp, from 74% in 2015 to 63% in 2019.

The data didn’t come as a surprise when it showed that 90% of the Unitarians or Universalists support anti-discrimination. The unaffiliated tally, however, came to 78%. Among agnostics, about 88% are in favour and ‘nothing in particular’ totals about 74%.