Poll finds most U.S. Catholics supportive of gay causes
Poll finds most U.S. Catholics supportive of gay causes
While the Vatican and U.S. bishops maintain a hard-line stance against most gay rights causes, American Catholics are more supportive of gay rights than other U.S. Christians, according to new research.
A report by the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institute found that 74 percent of Catholics favor legal recognition for same-sex relationships, 31 percent through civil unions and 43 percent through civil marriage.
That figure is higher than the 64 percent of all Americans, 67 percent of mainline Protestants, 48 percent of black Protestants and 40 percent of evangelicals.
Less than one-quarter, 22 percent, of Catholics want no legal recognition of same-sex partnerships, while a majority, 56 percent, believes that same-sex adult relationships are not sinful.
The analysis was based on polling conducted by PRRI and the Pew Research Center last fall. Neither Jews, who are generally among the most supportive of gay rights issues, nor Muslims were included in the data because of their small sample size.
— Religion News Service
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