So gay upl should have equal protectn agast the law -- and the Pope supports that -- but their marriag aren't "real" the ey of God?
Contents:
- THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
- CATHOLIC VIEWS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- THE CATHOLIC VIEW OF HOMOSEXUALY AND GAY “MARRIAGE”
- TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: MY MARRIAGE IS A BLSG EVEN THOUGH I'M GAY
THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
Pope Francis ma news recently by voicg his support for same-sex civil unns – legal arrangements that give gay and lbian upl many of the same rights as married oppose-sex upl. The statement stck many observers as a shift for the Vatin – which 2003 me out agast any “legal regnn of homosexual unns” – even as Francis did not change his long-standg opposn to gay marriage. Around the world, Catholics vary their support for same-sex marriage and their acceptance of homosexualy general, acrdg to Pew Rearch Center surveys nducted recent years.
CATHOLIC VIEWS ON GAY MARRIAGE
In the Uned Stat, about six--ten Catholics (61%) said a 2019 survey that they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry.
In the wake of Pope Francis’ recent ment about same-sex civil unns, Pew Rearch Center nducted this analysis to better unrstand what Catholics around the world thk about legal regnn for same-sex upl and homosexualy general. Rpons about whether society should be acceptg of homosexualy me om a global survey nducted om May 13 to Aug. 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.
THE CATHOLIC VIEW OF HOMOSEXUALY AND GAY “MARRIAGE”
In Swzerland and Italy – which allow civil unns but not marriage for gay upl – 76% and 57% of Catholics, rpectively, said 2017 that they support gay marriage. When to Catholics’ views about homosexualy general, a global survey nducted 2019 also pats a mixed picture.
TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: MY MARRIAGE IS A BLSG EVEN THOUGH I'M GAY
In the Ameris, majori of Catholics several untri said society should be acceptg of homosexualy. Other untri around the world where most Catholics said society should be acceptg of homosexualy clud Spa (91%), Atralia (81%), the Philipp (80%) and South Ai (62%). In Eastern Europe, acceptance was weaker, wh roughly half or fewer of Catholics sayg that homosexualy should be accepted by society Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Lhuania.