This is a podcast from NPR's "Hidden Brain" series on how the United States has changed attitudes from under 12% to 68% acceptance of lesbian and gay persons in 30 years. The United Methodist Church was not a significant part of that change; if anything, we were part of the resistance to the change, with the exception of Affirmation (1975), Reconciling Ministries Network (1984), and later, MFSA, WMJM, and others. (But see also the first half of Bishop Karen's book, Our Strangely Warmed Hearts, for more UM history. Review)
From NPR: "In 1988, the GSS [General Social Survey] began asking Americans to share their thoughts on another topic: whether gay people should have the right to marry. That year, fewer than 12 percent of respondents said yes. Fast-forward three decades. In 2018, 68 percent of those surveyed said that gay couples should have that right." Listen now.