Pew's Global Views On Morality Poll Examines Homosexuality As A Moral Issue

And The World's Most Accepting Nation For Gays Is...

Senior Culture Reporter, HuffPost

Two Israeli's kiss as they participate in the 10th anniversary Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem on August 2, 2012. Opposition to such events is fiercer in Jerusalem, where religious feelings can run high, than in the more laid-back seaside city of Tel Aviv, but police were out in force to keep the peace. AFP PHOTO/MENAHEM KAHANA (Photo credit should read MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/GettyImages)

Great news for Spain's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community: the nation tops a list of 40 countries most accepting of homosexuality, according to a Pew Research Center's Global Views on Morality poll.

Fifty-five percent of Spanish participants surveyed in the poll described homosexuality as "morally acceptable," while 38 percent deemed it "not a moral issue." Just six percent felt that homosexuality was "morally unacceptable."

The results were less optimistic in nations like Ghana and Russia, where 98 percent and 72 percent of participants deemed homosexuality "morally unacceptable," respectively. In the United States, 35 percent felt that homosexuality was "not a moral issue," while 37 percent described it as "morally unacceptable." Twenty-three percent of Americans felt it was "morally acceptable," according to the poll.

The Global Views on Morality survey also examined national views on issues like extramarital affairs, abortion and alcohol consumption. You can read more about the survey here.

Take a look at a selection of findings from the survey below.