In 2003, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith reiterated the Church’s opposition to any form of legal recognition of homosexual unions.
Overall, only 22% of Catholics oppose granting legal recognition to homosexual unions. 43% favor same-sex marriage, while 31% favor homosexual civil unions.
Latino Catholics are more likely to be faithful to Church teaching on this issue than are white Catholics. 30% of Latino Catholics oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions; only 19% of white Catholics do. In contrast, 58% of white evangelicals, 52% of black Protestants, and 33% of the general public oppose granting legal recognition to homosexual unions.
Despite the Catechism of the Catholic Church's clear teaching on the "grave depravity" of homosexual acts, Catholics are less likely than other Americans to believe that homosexual activity is sinful. 56% of Catholics-- compared to 46% of the general public-- believe that homosexual activity is not a sin.
Maybe if there was some preaching from the pulpit on this - EVER - those numbers might be different. Priests need to be willing to guide their congregations through the minefield of modern culture, because if they don't then the producers of "Glee" and other pop culture trash will be more than happy to.
ReplyDeleteI am going to go out on a limb and say that this is probably a wrong or misleading study. Something doesn't make sense here. It doesn't match what you would expect or other studies I have seen. Do you have a link to the actual study (with the method used)?
ReplyDeleteI agree with religionannarbor. I was very puzzled by these statistics.
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