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While Pope Francis' ments supportg same sex civil unns were a drastic shift Catholic church guidance, U.S. Catholics have supported gay marriage for about a .

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THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS

" The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people.

The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay.

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Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law. Pope Francis recently revealed his support for gay civil unns, breakg om Catholic tradn.

GAY MARRIAGE: THEOLOGIL AND MORAL ARGUMENTS

Followg Pope Francis’s announcement clarg support for civil unn laws for same-sex upl, which breaks wh tradnal Catholic valu that oppose homosexual relatnships, the lear has garnered both cricism and support om people all over the world. Most recently, NBC reports that retired Philippe Bishop Arturo Bast mented that he “had very ser doubts about the moral rrectns” of the Pope’s stance on legalizg gay relatnships. “I am really sndalized by his fense of homosexual unn, which surely leads to immoral acts.

CATHOLIC VIEWS ON GAY MARRIAGE

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GAY MARRIAGE

While the lear of the Catholic Church exprsed his support for gay civil unns, other branch of the church rema adamant the tradnal Catholic valu. A majory of Catholics have nsistently approved of gay marriage Gallup pollg sce 2011, wh an average 59% approvg om 2011-2015, risg to an average 69% sce 2016. Catholics' support for gay marriage has nsistently exceed the natnal average by five or more percentage pots sce the 2000s.

A small majory (56%) of Catholics who report attendg church weekly support gay marriage, pared wh two three Catholics who attend church nearly weekly or monthly (67%). Eighty-seven percent of Catholics who say relign is "not very important" to their liv support gay marriage. From a global perspective, Francis' new stance on civil unns uld potentially be more fluential untri where gay rights are ls accepted and LGBT cizens n be legally discrimated agast.

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.

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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. In the Uned Stat, about six--ten Catholics (61%) said a 2019 survey that they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry.

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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.

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