There’s A Backlash Against Same
Read more about how U.S. religious groups see abortion and same-sex marriage, as well as society’s acceptance of homosexuality and transgender people. Religious Landscape Study by Pew Research Center. Religious Landscape Study. Pew Research Center did not ask about acceptance of transgender people in either the or RLS.
Four reasons Christians should still oppose same
Almost a decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the country, most pastors remain opposed, and the supporting percentage isn’t growing any larger. One in 5 US. Get the most recent headlines and stories from Christianity Today delivered to your inbox daily. Previous Lifeway Research studies found growing support among pastors. Lifeway Research
A majority of orthodox Christians (56 percent) also support same-sex marriage. On the other side of the debate, majorities of Jehovah’s Witnesses (75 percent), Mormons (68 percent), white evangelical Protestants (66 percent), Hispanic Protestants (58 percent), and black Protestants (54 percent) oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry. Most US-based religious groups now back the legalisation of same-sex marriage, according to a study released on Tuesday. Supporters of gay marriage in America now outnumber its detractors by two to one. 
Religion & views on LGBTQ issues, abortion in the US
A recent Gallup poll finds that support for same-sex marriage has reached an all-time high. Currently, 70% of Americans say marriages between same-sex couples should be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages. The shift is primarily due to support by the younger generations: 84% of young adults, 72%. Robert P. Jones, Ph.
There's Been a Backlash Against Same
There's Been a Backlash Against Same-Sex Marriage Among a Growing Group of Christians It's a coalition of young and old, infrequent and frequent attenders. But it's clearly there. Acceptance of homosexuality is rising across the broad spectrum of American Christianity, including among members of churches that strongly oppose homosexual relationships as sinful, according to an extensive Pew Research Center survey of U. Amid a changing religious landscape that has seen a declining percentage of Americans who identify as Christian, a majority of U.
A done debate? Most US religious groups now back gay marriage
The Christian Institute That said, many of the religious respondents to the survey (which garnered 40, responses) may have supported same-sex marriage as a civil right but remained opposed to it as a Christian life decision or something that the church should endorse. . Most Protestant pastors oppose gay marriage
The majority of U.S. Protestant pastors are still against gay marriage, according to a Lifeway Research study. A total of 3 in 4 Protestant pastors (75%) are opposed, including 69% who strongly disagree with same-sex marriage. Another 4% say they are not sure. But 1 in 5 pastors (21%) agree with gay marriage, according to the study by the evangelical research firm. . Attitudes on Same
Most Protestant pastors in the U.S. continue to oppose same-sex marriage, and the previously growing trend of support among mainline clergy is stalling. .