CALIFORNIA: New Poll Reports Majority Of Catholics Support Gay Unions

[WillParkinson]

CALIFORNIA: New Poll Reports Majority Of Catholics Support Gay Unions

Via Catholic Culture:

A survey of over 3,000 Californians conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute in June has found that Catholics strongly support the legal recognition of homosexual unions. Only 22% of white Catholics and 23% of Latino Catholics oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions. 37% of white Catholics and 44% of Latino Catholics support same-sex marriage, while an additional 41% of white Catholics and 28% of Latino Catholics support homosexual civil unions. In contrast, 53% of Latino Protestants oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions. The survey did not distinguish Catholics by frequency of Church attendance. “Protestants are much more likely to hear about homosexuality from their clergy than Catholics,” the survey report added. “Only 29% of white Catholics and 42% of Latino Catholics report hearing about homosexuality from their clergy.”

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/07/california-new-poll-reports-majority-of.html

[rfranklin]

1. Excommunicate them immediately...then call the altar boys!

I need to relax.

[patrice]

2. Yep. Know your Catholics > > >

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wT9tSYCK0E

RFK Jr. interview with religious scholar James Carrol

[Deep13]

3. Catholics seem to be way ahead of their religious leaders on a lot of things. nt

[xchrom]

4. There needs to be a state wide exorcism!

Of the Bishops to drive out the Stoopid Demons.

[IrishEyes]

5. Not surprised

I'm catholic and almost all catholics I know support gay marriage or at least civil unions. Of course, I live in a big liberal city. Many of the countries that have gay marriage like Spain, Portugal and Argentina have a large percentage of catholics.

[dtotire]

8. Most Catholics Are Open-minded N/t

[Warpy]

6. Catholics, on the whole, tend to be a very liberal bunch

and don't follow Rome in lockstep, something that drives that old man in a dress and funny hat absolutely nuts.

I love Catholics. I just can't stand Rome.

[dtexdem]

7. Do you think the Catholic Church would support gay marriage if ...

the partners promised not to use contraceptives? ;-)