Religious groups weigh in on gay marriage
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- June
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I’m just getting to digest some of Calvin College’s new “National Survey on Religion and Public Life.”
It includes a lot of valuable information about how different religious groups see the big political issues of the day. Since gay marriage is in the news, here are their findings on whether gays and lesbians should be able to marry legally:
- Evangelicals: 21% agree, 10% no opinion, 69% disagree. (Among traditionalist evangelicals: 11, 8, 81; centrists: 32, 12, 57; modernists: 42, 13, 45)
- Mainline Protestants: 47% agree, 15% no opinion, 37% disagree (Among traditionalists: 47, 15, 37; centrists: 55, 14, 30; modernists: 58, 18, 25)
- Latino Protestants: 42 agree, 11 no opinion, 48 disagree.
- Black Protestants: 33, 14, 53
- Catholics: 43, 13, 45 (Traditionalists: 23, 9, 68; centrists: 41, 18, 41; modernists: 65, 11, 25)
- Latino Catholics: 42, 16, 41
- Other Christians: 26, 11, 63
- Jews: 67, 8, 25
- Other faiths: 49, 12, 40
- Unaffiliated: 65, 8, 27 (Unaffiliated believers: 65, 8, 27; secular: 76, 9, 15; atheist/agnostic: 77, 4, 19)
- OVERALL: 41, 12, 47
What stands out: Catholics are really split (with centrist Catholics divided down the middle). Blacks continue to be solidly opposed to gay marriage. Overall, 41 percent support gay marriage—which has got to be way higher than, say, 10 years ago.
And there are still quite a few undecideds out there. Which way are they leaning?
(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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