Catholics in US overwhelmingly support homosexual unions

Catholic Culture ^ | October 08, 2010

[Alex Murphy]

Catholics form a relatively low percentage of participants the Tea Party movement, have similar views to most Americans on abortion, and overwhelmingly support the legal recognition of homosexual unions, according to a survey published by the Public Religion Research Institute.

The survey found that 14% of Tea Party participants are white Catholics, and another 4% are Latino Catholics-- a lower percentage total than the 22% of Americans who are Catholic.

The survey also found that 26% of white Catholics, and 18% of Latino Catholics, say they are more likely to vote for a candidate who supports abortion, while 38% of white Catholics, and 26% of Latino Catholics, are less likely to vote for a pro-abortion candidate. Overall, 30% of Americans are more likely, and 35% are less likely, to vote for a pro-abortion candidate.

In addition, the survey found that Catholics overwhelmingly support legal recognition of homosexual unions. 41% of white Catholics, and 46% of Latino Catholics, support same-sex marriage, while an additional 36% of white Catholics, and 22% of Latino Catholics, support same-sex civil unions. Only 19% of white Catholics, and 30% of Latino Catholics, are faithful to Catholic teaching, which opposes the legal recognition of homosexual unions. Overall, 37% of Americans support same-sex marriage, 27% support civil unions, and 33% oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions. In 2006, only 26% of Americans supported same-sex marriage.

[Alex Murphy]

...we all knew most [Catholics] were more socially liberal than we were. This is not news to me.

I don't know where they've been hiding, but apparently it's news to the Catholics on FR.

[wardaddy]

all one need do is look how they vote

i wish they followed their doctrine voting wise..this German Pope talks the talk about responsibility and moral behavior

hell...that would kill cultural liberalism

aside from the devout ones here I don’t think many are serious about their teachings

my extended family is around 40% Catholic...all except 2 who are devout...have converted to Baptist or Presbyterian (PCA) as they have grown older because they felt more at home as conservatives in those churches with those congregants

maybe this is not the case up north

my wife’s family on her mom’s side are all Catholic, and this is Dixie and they are white yet 90% of them are liberals and the women are pushy and pro homosexual agenda

it’s so bad my wife rarely sees them except if she has to

yet on my protestant family side it’s like 99.99% conservative politically from kids to seniors

I have one 2nd cousin with an illegitimate mixed fatherless(of course) baby and she’s a Big Lib.

I dunno...my best friend here went to Father Ryan..he’s GOP but no culture warrior

[WKB]

Lewis Grizzard was asked before his heart surgery if there were any “hemophiliacs” in his family he said no but there was a second cousin he was always wondered about.