Catholics' views of gay marriage around the world | Pew Rearch Center

Contents:

• WHERE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, OTHER RELIGNS STAND ON GAY MARRIAGE
• 3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE
• SECTN 2: KNOWG GAYS AND LBIANS, RELIG CONFLICTS, BELIEFS ABOUT HOMOSEXUALY
• SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS

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. 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.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

In 2005, the erng body of the Amerin Baptist Church USA affirmed that “God’s sign for sexual timacy plac wh the ntext of marriage between one man and one woman” and that “homosexualy is patible wh Biblil teachg.

” In 2006, the church’s Pacific Southwt regnal board (which clus church California, Hawaii, Nevada and Arizona) spl om the nomatn bee the nomatn’s natnal learship cled to penalize ngregatns that weled openly gay members.

” In 2003, the nference stated that “what are lled ‘homosexual unns’ [nnot be given the stat of marriage] bee they do not exprs full human plementary and bee they are herently nonprocreative.

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

The Vatin, “Consiratns Regardg Proposals To Give Legal Regnn to Unns Between Homosexual Persons” (2003). In 2006 the church stated s “support of gay and lbian persons and [opposn to] any state or feral nstutnal amendment” prohibg same-sex marriag or civil unns (Rolutn A095).

Some Hd nmn the practice of homosexualy, but others ce ancient Hdu texts, such as the Kama Sutra, that seem to ndone homosexual behavr. Islamic law forbids homosexualy, and the practice of homosexualy is a crime many Islamic untri, cludg Iran and Sdi Arabia. The Reform and Renstctnist Jewish movements have supported gay and lbian rights, cludg same-sex marriage, sce the mid-1990s.

All three movements also allow dividual rabbis to choose not to officiate at the weddgs of gay and lbian upl. Orthodox Judaism do not accept same-sex marriage, and s hight erng body, the Orthodox Unn, has lobbied agast gay marriage natnally and var stat.

SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE REACH ALL-TIME HIGH, SURVEY FDS

Rabbil Council of Ameri, “Rponse to Rabbil Assembly’s Decisns Regardg Ordatn of Gays and Lbians, and ‘Commment Ceremoni’ ” (2006). ” At s 2010 natnal nventn, the LCMS rpond to the Evangelil Lutheran Church Ameri’s 2009 cisn (which gave ELCA ngregatns the optn to support lifelong, monogamo, same-sex relatnships) by rtatg the LCMS posn that homosexualy is a s “ any and all suatns” and by enuragg the ELCA to rensir s cisn. Reporter: The Official Newspaper of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, “Synod rponds to ELCA’s actns on homosexualy” (2010).

In 2004, the Natnal Associatn of Evangelils reaffirmed s 1985 rolutn that homosexualy is not sanctned by the Bible. It lled on “Southern Baptists not only to stand agast same-sex unns but to monstrate our love for those practicg homosexualy by sharg wh them the fivg and transformg power of the gospel of J Christ (1 Corthians 6:9-11).