Washington D.C., Oct 9, 2009 / 15:35 pm
A new survey shows that a majority of Americans continue to oppose same-sex “marriage” and consider homosexual behavior immoral. However, opponents of same-sex “marriage” may have become more favorable towards allowing legal arrangements for homosexual couples.
The Washington, D.C.-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life reported that 53 percent of Americans say they are opposed to same-sex “marriage,” with only 39 percent saying they favor legal recognition for the practice.
While only 30 percent of regularly churchgoing non-Hispanic white Catholics favored same-sex “marriage,” 54 percent of those who attend less than weekly expressed support for it. Because regular churchgoers are a minority among Catholics, 45 percent of all non-Hispanic white Catholics favor same-sex “marriage” and only 43 percent are opposed.
White evangelicals and black Protestants are most opposed to same-sex “marriage,” the poll says. Hispanics are opposed by a margin of 49 to 45 percent.