Opn: Why the fs about gay marriage? | CNN

Contents:

• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THREE FIVE VOTERS BACK GAY MARRIAGE, NEW POLL SHOWS
• OPN: WHY THE FS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?
• WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot. ) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012.

It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships. Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”. Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg.

But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag. A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. This analysis foc on whether people around the world thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society or not.

THREE FIVE VOTERS BACK GAY MARRIAGE, NEW POLL SHOWS

The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey.

Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment.

As was 2013, when the qutn was last asked, attus on the acceptance of homosexualy are shaped by the untry which people live.

OPN: WHY THE FS ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE?

Those Wtern Europe and the Ameris are generally more acceptg of homosexualy than are those Eastern Europe, Rsia, Ukrae, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Ai. In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007.

Many of the untri surveyed 2002 and 2019 have seen a double-dig crease acceptance of homosexualy.

There also have been fairly large shifts acceptance of homosexualy over the past 17 years two very different plac: Mexi and Japan. In both untri, jt over half said they accepted homosexualy 2002, but now closer to seven--ten say this. In Kenya, only 1 100 said homosexualy should be accepted 2002, pared wh 14% who say this now.

WHERE EUROPE STANDS ON GAY MARRIAGE AND CIVIL UNNS

(For more on acceptance of homosexualy over time among all the untri surveyed, see Appendix A. In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial. For example, some untri, those who are affiliated wh a relig group tend to be ls acceptg of homosexualy than those who are unaffiliated (a group sometim referred to as relig “non”).

In many untri, those on the polil right are ls acceptg of homosexualy than those on the left.

And supporters of several right-wg populist parti Europe are also ls likely to see homosexualy as acceptable. In general, people wealthier and more veloped enomi are more acceptg of homosexualy than are those ls wealthy and veloped enomi.