The Public Religion Research Institute, which states it is "a nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent organization dedicated to research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life," just issued a 23 page report entitled American Catholic Attitudes on Gay and Lesbian Issues.
Money Quotes via screen shot from the report::
Here is what Andrew Sullivan posted today about the report:
It's worth pointing out, for the record, that even if you measure those American Catholics who attend church weekly, the numbers are pretty decisive: 64 percent favor either civil marriage or civil unions for gay couples. Only 31 percent take the Vatican line. K-Lo thinks the shift from 74 percent overall approval and 64 percent approval among the weekly mass-goers is "dramatic." I'd say: not so much. The Vatican has lost this argument in the developed world.
Sullivan is a Brit, a grad of Magdalen College at Oxford, a devout Catholic, a political conservative and a homosexual, not necessarily in that order. His blog is located here, and it's worth a daily visit.
Sullivan is a Brit, a grad of Magdalen College at Oxford, a devout Catholic, a political conservative and a homosexual, not necessarily in that order. His blog is located here, and it's worth a daily visit.
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