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Despite major changes in laws and norms surrounding the issue of same-sex marriage and the rights of LGBT people around the world, public opinion on the acceptance of homosexuality in society remains sharply divided by country, region and economic development.
- Where Christian churches, other religions stand on gay marriage
Overall, a solid majority of white mainline Protestants...
- Where Christian churches, other religions stand on gay marriage
25 sie 2015 · Hence, identity with a religious tradition likely affects attitudes toward same-sex marriage and may vary by birth cohort. Steensland et al. (2000) is currently the most widely used religious categorical scheme and is the operationalization for affiliation in the present study.
2 lis 2020 · Around the world, Catholics vary in their support for same-sex marriage and their acceptance of homosexuality in general, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted in recent years. (The Center does not have recent survey data on views about civil unions.)
21 gru 2015 · Overall, a solid majority of white mainline Protestants (62%) now favor allowing gays and lesbians to wed, with just 33% opposed, according to a 2015 Pew Research Center survey. A similar share (63%) say there is “no conflict” between their religious beliefs and homosexuality.
22 kwi 2015 · The most supportive major religious groups are Buddhists (84 percent), Jews (77 percent), and Americans who select “Other religion” (75 percent); additionally, more than three-quarters (77 percent) of the religiously unaffiliated also support same-sex marriage.
29 mar 2016 · Drawing upon national-level data, we estimate and compare the relative net effects of a comprehensive battery of religious measures on support for gay sex, marriage, and adoption, both for the full sample and across religious traditions.
21 lut 2023 · Sexual minorities tend to support same-sex marriage (SSM), yet ~ 7% remain opposed. Along religious lines, more than 60% of mainline Protestants and Catholics favored same-sex marriage by 2015 compared to only ~ 20% of (white) evangelical Protestants.
