29% of Republicans believe school boards should be able to fire teachers for being gay

From The New Civil Rights Movement: 29% of Republicans — almost three out of every ten — believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay. 20% of Independents and 16% of Democrats agree, according to a vast new Pew Research Center Values Study.

Overall, 21% of Americans still believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay.

Other demographic breakdowns:

24% of men and 19% of women believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay.

30% of those 65 and older and 23% of those 50 – 64 believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay.

27% of Hispanics, 24% of Blacks, and 20% of whites believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay.

31% of those with a high school diploma or less believe that school boards should be able to fire teachers simply for being gay.

One the positive side, those numbers are about half of what they were a quarter-century ago.