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
• 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.

3 OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMATNS THAT ALLOW GAY MARRIAGE

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.

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

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. 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.

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

” 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.