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Are there any traditional moral taboos left?

A new Gallup poll says people are moving toward acceptance of a wide variety of behaviors once condemned as taboo and morally unacceptable.

Americans are more likely now than in 2001 to accept gay and lesbian relations, having a baby outside of marriage and sex between an unmarried man and woman. Moral acceptability of many of these issues is now at a record-high level, according to a Gallup poll taken last month.

There is also growing acceptance of divorce, stem-cell research and polygamy, Gallup says.

In 2001, only 40 percent of people surveyed said gay and lesbian relations were acceptable. That's now up to 63 percent saying it's morally acceptable, a jump of 23 percent.

That was the most dramatic change on the list of behaviors monitored, and it's been reflected in changing laws across the United States as gay marriage attains wider recognition.

Only 45 percent of people in 2001 said that having a baby outside marriage was acceptable. That's now up to 61 percent, an increase of 16 percent.

Sex between an unmarried man and woman was viewed as morally acceptable by 53 percent of those surveyed in 2001. Now 68 percent consider it morally acceptable, an increase of 15 percent.

Moral acceptance of divorce has increased from 59 percent to 71 percent since 2001, up 12 percent.

Moral acceptance of stem-cell research increased from 52 percent to 64 percent, also a jump of 12 percent.

Polygamy, which was taught and practiced by the Mormons from the 1840s to the 1890s, was morally accepted by only seven percent of people in 2001, but that has risen to 16 percent, an increase of 9 percent approval.

Cloning humans has gained in moral acceptance from 7 percent in 2001 to 15 percent now, an increase of eight percent.

Doctor-assisted suicide has increased in moral acceptance from 49 percent to 56 percent, an increase of nine percent.

Suicide has gone from 13 percent to 19 percent in moral acceptance, an increase of six percent.

Moral acceptance of gambling has increased from 63 percent to 67 percent since 2001, an increase of four percent.

Moral acceptance of abortion has increased from 42 to 45 percent since 2001.

Moral acceptance of cloning animals has increased from 31 to 34 percent since 2001.

Buying and wearing animal fur has gone from 60 to 61 percent in moral acceptance since 2001.

So, are there any taboos left that look like they may stay taboos?

Yes, Gallup says. Only 7 percent said having an affair was okay in 2001. Only 8 percent say cheating on your spouse is okay now.

While moral acceptance of all those issues above has increased, it has decreased on a couple of issues in the survey.

There have been declines in popularity for the death penalty, with support dropping from 63 to 60 percent from 2001 to 2015, and medical testing on animals. In 2001, 65 percent said testing on animals was acceptable. That has dropped to 56 percent. That's a drop of nine percent, the biggest decline in moral acceptability for any issue in the survey.