Practicing Catholics more likely than general public to back homosexual unions


Only 31% of Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly oppose granting legal recognition to homosexual unions, according to a new report by the Public Religion Research Institute. 64% favor some sort of legal recognition of homosexual unions, with 26% favoring same-sex marriage and 38% favoring homosexual civil unions.

In 2003, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith reiterated the Church’s opposition to any form of legal recognition of homosexual unions.

Overall, only 22% of Catholics oppose granting legal recognition to homosexual unions. 43% favor same-sex marriage, while 31% favor homosexual civil unions.

Latino Catholics are more likely to be faithful to Church teaching on this issue than are white Catholics. 30% of Latino Catholics oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions; only 19% of white Catholics do. In contrast, 58% of white evangelicals, 52% of black Protestants, and 33% of the general public oppose granting legal recognition to homosexual unions.

Despite the Catechism of the Catholic Church's clear teaching on the "grave depravity" of homosexual acts, Catholics are less likely than other Americans to believe that homosexual activity is sinful. 56% of Catholics-- compared to 46% of the general public-- believe that homosexual activity is not a sin.


http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9702

I see you like double posting woody... yaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwnnnnnnn

I havent read it either here or on politicians suck...however the title tells us all..

I am wondering how they get these figures thats all.. do they take a question and answer form into all catholic churches do you think..

I mean practicing means they attend doesnt it?..

so this I guess give you hope..


tell us woody are you one of those busting to get married?

or are you just an agitator.

Woody is a confirmed cathophobe, trying to score little points.  Too many people preach tolerance, equality, decency and respect between people, but preaching, and demanding the reciept of same, is the limit of their involvement in the issue.

____ wrote on Mar 25^th, 2011 at 9:58pm:

Practicing Catholics more likely than general public to back homosexual unions http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=9702

Americans are suddenly not all blinkered morons. A miracle!!!

Maybe the ones who are just practising do, but the ones who have passed the exams don't.

bogarde73 wrote on Mar 26^th, 2011 at 2:49pm:

Maybe the ones who are just practising do, but the ones who have passed the exams don't.

Spot On Bogarde  .  

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