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Poll: majority of Catholics who attend Mass weekly support same-sex marriage, women’s ordination
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Posted on 10/08/2013 2:47:48 AM PDT by ClaytonP

A majority of Catholics in the United States who attend Mass weekly support same-sex marriage and the ordination of women to the priesthood, according to a Quinnipiac University survey released October 4.

The survey found that 56% of Americans, 53% of Catholics who attend Mass weekly, and 65% of Catholics who attend Mass less frequently would support “a law in your state that would allow same-sex couples to get married.” Support was stronger among Catholics of ages 18-49 (64%) than ages 50-64 (62%) or 65+ (46%).

According to the survey, 72% of Catholic women back same-sex marriage, while 49% of Catholic men do.

The survey also found that 52% of Catholics who attend Mass weekly, and 66% who attend less frequently, favor the ordination of women to the priesthood. Support was stronger among Catholics of age 65+ (68%) than ages 50-64 (64%) or 18-49 (57%). By a slight (2%) margin, women are more likely to favor women’s ordination than men are.

According to the poll, 53% of Americans believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases, while 49% believe it should be illegal in most or all cases. By a 61%-32% margin, Catholics who attend Mass weekly believe abortion should be illegal in most or all cases; by a 64%-29% margin, Catholics who attend Mass less frequently believe that abortion should be legal in most or all cases. By a slight (2%) margin, women are more likely to oppose abortion than men are.

93% of Catholics who attend Mass weekly, and 85% who attend less frequently, have a favorable or very favorable opinion of Pope Francis.


TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: catholic; homosexualagenda; religiousleft; socialjustice
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
So,,,, are they really Catholics? Actually, I think the better question is, are they fit to name the name of Christ?

Are they Christians?

The same thing can be said of Protestants who support this issue.
61 posted on 10/08/2013 10:01:00 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Revolting cat!
THIS JUST IN: Unlike some Protestant congregation, the Catholic Church is NOT a democracy!

The ignorance, and bigotry, of some Catholics is astounding.
62 posted on 10/08/2013 10:01:57 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie
The ignorance, and bigotry, of some Catholics is astounding.

I know. The Catholic Church should be a democracy, and poll its members to adjust its doctrines to reflect the popular moods of the day. Like some of those other cafeteria "churches".

63 posted on 10/08/2013 10:08:31 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Revolting cat!
I know. The Catholic Church should be a democracy, and poll its members to adjust its doctrines to reflect the popular moods of the day. Like some of those other cafeteria "churches".

You're digging a deeper hole.
64 posted on 10/08/2013 10:09:05 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: SoConPubbie

You just keep watching those founts of wisdom, the polls, and hunting them ignorance and bigotry. Saint Peter will one day reward your fanatical dedication.


65 posted on 10/08/2013 10:23:43 AM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Oh dear! Paul’s proselyting must have had “a disastrously bad effect on evangelism” when he argued in the Areopagus.
(Acts 17)


66 posted on 10/08/2013 10:33:11 AM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: count-your-change
Silly. Did you follow what was said about current connotative and legal distinctions between proseytizing and evangelizing?

#22

What Paul did in the Areopagus wasn't proselytizing in this modern derogated sense. He didn't offer tangible bribes in exchange for conversion (housing, jobs, medical care, food). He didn't recruit children without their parents' knowledge or consent. He didn't use emotional manipulation. That is proselytism. He went to a forum and made a straight, honest and persuasive appeal to his fellow citizens. That is evangelism.

67 posted on 10/08/2013 11:25:59 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What unites us all, of any age, gender, or religion, is that we all believe we are above average.)
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To: johngrace

“This poll was done outside the doors after mass?”

They say live interviewers called land lines and cell phones. Data from 392 Catholics. That wouldn’t fill up a moderately large sized church, it is a fraction of a single average parish. Don’t say what areas they called, as far as I can tell.

There’s a reason opinion polling on the ‘gay marriage’ issue usually involves a false bias as pro ‘gay marriage’ that is revealed when actual popular votes are made. It has to do with telling a stranger over the phone what one thinks about gay marriage. The voting booth is a secret ballot.

Freegards


68 posted on 10/08/2013 11:40:33 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Amen.


69 posted on 10/08/2013 2:05:09 PM PDT by IbJensen (Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

That’s why we have dictionaries. What is silly is the blatant attempts to rework the English language to suit religious prejudice.

To proselytize simply means to attempt to change a persons view or opinion whatever the message. To evangelize is to use a specific message to convert or change a view. Six of one, half dozen of another.


70 posted on 10/08/2013 2:22:08 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
So,,,, are they really Catholics?

They were baptized with water, weren't they???

71 posted on 10/08/2013 2:49:57 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: count-your-change
There are different connotations as well as legal distinctions in different countries.

That's why --- unless your purpose is limited to crossword puzzles --- definitions consisting of more than one word enable you to convey the meaningful differences between proselytism and evangelism, both in word and in practice.

It's like the difference between "cult," "faith," and "church".

Or "teach," "train," and "indoctrinate".

Or any number of similar words with different connotations in different contexts.

Proselytism: Legal standpoint (link)

Proselytism: Social, moral, ethical limits (Link)

72 posted on 10/08/2013 2:53:45 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What unites us all, of any age, gender, or religion, is that we all believe we are above average.)
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To: ClaytonP

So much for the “cafeteria Catholic” excuse.


73 posted on 10/08/2013 3:32:03 PM PDT by fwdude ( You cannot compromise with that which you must defeat.)
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To: ClaytonP

Quinnipiac


74 posted on 10/08/2013 3:36:50 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: ClaytonP

we know that in the end times MOST professed Christians will be fakes embracing sin.


75 posted on 10/08/2013 3:38:49 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Until recently had Paul tried to preach publicly (proselytize) as he did in the forum he would have been arrested and jailed by Greek authorities at the behest of the Greek Orthodox Church.

“There are different connotations as well as legal distinctions in different countries.”

Of course there is and the connotations are false and an excuse to deny religious freedom to unpopular or minority religious groups.


76 posted on 10/08/2013 3:43:29 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: count-your-change
I'm just telling you what some of the connotative and legal distinctions ARE, not what they ought to be.

You'll see the same thing here, when Christians try to protect their kids from indoctrination or proselytization or, excuse me, recruitment by Scientologists or Hare Krishnas("But that's a cult!") or Gay Christan Ministries.

77 posted on 10/08/2013 4:02:45 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (What unites us all, of any age, gender, or religion, is that we all believe we are above average.)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

You’re wandering off into the thickets of child recruitment, etc.

The question was the meaning or a common English word and it’s distortion.


78 posted on 10/08/2013 4:22:11 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: Ransomed
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I know its a farce. And if they did the poll during Christmass and Easter just outside the church door I still would not believe it. Why because their are people who never go except on those days for nostalgia only. LOL!!!

79 posted on 10/08/2013 4:30:01 PM PDT by johngrace (I am a 1 John 4! Christian- declared at every Sunday Mass , Divine Mercy and Rosary prayers!)
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To: Irenic
Does that mean that most Catholic churches are not doing a very good job tending the flocks?
More to the point, it means most many Catholics are lazy.
80 posted on 10/08/2013 4:36:41 PM PDT by mlizzy (If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)
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