{"id":74246,"date":"2009-03-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2009\/03\/19\/most-mainline-protestants-say-society-should-accept-homosexuality\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T04:13:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T09:13:49","slug":"most-mainline-protestants-say-society-should-accept-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2009\/03\/19\/most-mainline-protestants-say-society-should-accept-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Most Mainline Protestants Say Society Should Accept Homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left\">Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, two mainline Protestant denominations, are considering whether to allow the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians as members of their clergy. The <a href=\"http:\/\/religions.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/\">U.S. Religious Landscape Survey<\/a>, conducted by the Pew Research Center&#8217;s Forum on Religion &amp; Public Life, finds that majorities of both denominations say that homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society. Among mainline Protestants overall, 56% say homosexuality should be accepted, compared with only about one-in-four evangelical Protestants and four-in-ten members of historically black Protestant churches.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: left\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Mainline Protestants\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2012\/07\/mainline.gif\" width=\"549\" height=\"477\"><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"small\">Data from <a href=\"http:\/\/religions.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/\">Pew Forum U.S. Religious Landscape Survey<\/a>, conducted in 2007, released in 2008.\nQuestion wording: Now I&#8217;m going to read you a few pairs of statements. For each pair, tell me\nwhether the FIRST statement or the SECOND statement comes closer to your own views, even\nif neither is exactly right. 1 &#8211; Homosexuality is a way of life that should be accepted by society,\nOR 2 &#8211; Homosexuality is a way of life that should be discouraged by society.\n<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, two mainline Protestant denominations, are considering whether to allow the ordination of non-celibate gays and lesbians as members of their clergy. 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