UK poll fds low support for 'gay marriage' legalizatn | Catholic News Agency

Contents:

• MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE
• MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
• THREE FIVE VOTERS BACK GAY MARRIAGE, NEW POLL SHOWS
• MOST GERMANS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, POLL SHOWS
• UK POLL FDS LOW SUPPORT FOR 'GAY MARRIAGE' LEGALIZATN
• COULD POLLS BE WRONG ABOUT OUTE OF IRELAND'S GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM?

MP-BY-MP: GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

This analysis foc on whether people around the world thk that homosexualy should be accepted by society or not. Homosexualy should be accepted by society OR Homosexualy should not be accepted by society.

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. Dpe major chang laws and norms surroundg the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opn on the acceptance of homosexualy society remas sharply divid by untry, regn and enomic velopment.

MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE

As was 2013, when the qutn was last asked, attus on the acceptance of homosexualy are shaped by the untry which people live. Those Wtern Europe and the Ameris are generally more acceptg of homosexualy than are those Eastern Europe, Rsia, Ukrae, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Ai.

THREE FIVE VOTERS BACK GAY MARRIAGE, NEW POLL SHOWS

In many natns, there has been an creasg acceptance of homosexualy, cludg the Uned Stat, where 72% say should be accepted, pared wh jt 49% as recently as 2007. Many of the untri surveyed 2002 and 2019 have seen a double-dig crease acceptance of homosexualy.

There also have been fairly large shifts acceptance of homosexualy over the past 17 years two very different plac: Mexi and Japan. In both untri, jt over half said they accepted homosexualy 2002, but now closer to seven--ten say this.

In Kenya, only 1 100 said homosexualy should be accepted 2002, pared wh 14% who say this now.

MOST GERMANS SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE, POLL SHOWS

(For more on acceptance of homosexualy over time among all the untri surveyed, see Appendix A.

In many of the untri surveyed, there also are differenc on acceptance of homosexualy by age, tn, e and, some stanc, genr – and several s, the differenc are substantial.

For example, some untri, those who are affiliated wh a relig group tend to be ls acceptg of homosexualy than those who are unaffiliated (a group sometim referred to as relig “non”). In many untri, those on the polil right are ls acceptg of homosexualy than those on the left. And supporters of several right-wg populist parti Europe are also ls likely to see homosexualy as acceptable.

UK POLL FDS LOW SUPPORT FOR 'GAY MARRIAGE' LEGALIZATN

In general, people wealthier and more veloped enomi are more acceptg of homosexualy than are those ls wealthy and veloped enomi.

For example, Swen, the Netherlands and Germany, all of which have a per-pa gross domtic product over $50, 000, acceptance of homosexualy is among the hight measured across the 34 untri surveyed. By ntrast, Nigeria, Kenya and Ukrae, where per-pa GDP is unr $10, 000, ls than two--ten say that homosexualy should be accepted by society. The study is a follow-up to a 2013 report that found many of the same patterns as seen today, although there has been an crease acceptance of homosexualy across many of the untri surveyed both years.

The 2019 survey shows that while majori 16 of the 34 untri surveyed say homosexualy should be accepted by society, global divis rema. Whereas 94% of those surveyed Swen say homosexualy should be accepted, only 7% of people Nigeria say the same. Across the 34 untri surveyed, a median of 52% agree that homosexualy should be accepted wh 38% sayg that should be disuraged.

COULD POLLS BE WRONG ABOUT OUTE OF IRELAND'S GAY MARRIAGE REFERENDUM?

Central and Eastern Europeans, however, are more divid on the subject, wh a median of 46% who say homosexualy should be accepted and 44% sayg should not be. But sub-Saharan Ai, the Middle East, Rsia and Ukrae, few say that society should accept homosexualy; only South Ai (54%) and Israel (47%) do more than a quarter hold this view.

More than three-quarters of those surveyed Atralia (81%) say homosexualy should be accepted, as do 73% of Filipos. In the three Lat Amerin untri surveyed, strong majori say they accept homosexualy society.