Knowg Gays and Lbians, Relig Conflicts, Beliefs about Homosexualy | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• RELIG AMERINS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE
• SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE

The Supreme Court lg earlier this year legalizg same-sex marriage natnwi has ntued to raise qutns about how the cisn will affect relig groups – pecially those that rema opposed to allowg gay and lbian upl to wed. ) (not to be nfed wh the Prbyterian Church Ameri, which oppos same-sex marriage) and the Epispal Church have wrtled wh the issue for years, often as part of a larger bate on the role of gays and lbians the church.

Schaefer’s se has spl the church, wh some clergy floutg the l and marryg same-sex upl and other, more nservative members threateng to leave if the church do not hold to s current l prohibg gay marriage. Overall, a solid majory of whe male Prottants (62%) now favor allowg gays and lbians to wed, wh jt 33% opposed, acrdg to a 2015 Pew Rearch Center survey.

In 2003, when Massachetts beme the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of religly unaffiliated Amerins supported same-sex marriage, but there were no major relig groups which a majory favored allowg gay and lbian upl to marry. And while the Catholic Church officially oppos the legalizatn of same-sex marriage, about six ten whe (61 percent), Hispanic (60 percent), and other non-whe Catholics (60 percent) support allowg gay and lbian upl to marry legally.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

On the other si of the bate, majori of Jehovah’s Wns (75 percent), Mormons (68 percent), whe evangelil Prottants (66 percent), Hispanic Prottants (58 percent), and black Prottants (54 percent) oppose allowg gay and lbian upl to marry legally.

Among all religly affiliated Amerins, 47 percent favor allowg gay and lbian upl to marry, pared to 45 percent who oppose. It has weled gay people sce 1976, when s General Conventn cid that “homosexual persons are children of God who have a full and equal claim wh all other persons upon the love, acceptance, and pastoral ncern and re of the Church. Two years after the Supreme Court cisn that required stat to regnize same-sex marriag natnwi, support for allowg gays and lbians to marry legally is at s hight pot over 20 years of Pew Rearch Center pollg on the issue.

By a marg of nearly two-to-one (62% to 32%), more Amerins now say they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry than say they are opposed.

RELIG AMERINS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE

For the first time, a majory of Republins and Republin-leang pennts do not oppose allowg gays and lbians to marry legally. Younger Amerins ntue to be more likely than olr Amerins to say they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally: Fully 74% of Millennials (ag 18 to 36) say they favor same-sex marriage, while jt 23% say they are opposed.

And by more than two-to-one, more Generatn Xers (those ag 37 to 52) favor allowg gays and lbians to marry than oppose same-sex marriage (65% vs. Among the Silent generatn (those ag 72 to 89), 49% oppose allowg gays and lbians to marry, while 41% favor this.

SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY

Although blacks rema ls likely than wh and Hispanics to favor allowg gays and lbians to marry, the share who favor gay marriage has also dramatilly creased over the past : Today 51% of blacks support same-sex marriage; 2007, jt 26% did so. Republins and Republin leaners are divid on the qutn for the first time: 47% favor allowg gays and lbians to marry, while a nearly intil share is opposed (48%).