{"id":13941,"date":"2014-10-16T07:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T12:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/young-u-s-catholics-overwhelmingly-accepting-of-homosexuality\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:21:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:21:16","slug":"young-u-s-catholics-overwhelmingly-accepting-of-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/10\/16\/young-u-s-catholics-overwhelmingly-accepting-of-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Young U.S. Catholics overwhelmingly accepting of homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/10\/FT_14.10.16_SSMopinionAge.png\"><img data-dominant-color=\"d2dfe5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #d2dfe5;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"686\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/10\/FT_14.10.16_SSMopinionAge.png?resize=310,686 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" class=\"wp-image-25760 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2014\/10\/FT_14.10.16_SSMopinionAge.png\" alt=\"Younger US Catholics more accepting of homosexuality\" ><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Roman Catholic Church <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/14\/world\/europe\/vatican-signals-more-tolerance-toward-gays-and-remarriage.html?ref=todayspaper\">signaled a more accepting stance<\/a> toward gay people in a <a href=\"http:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2014\/10\/13\/0751\/03037.html\">report bishops released<\/a> during the Vatican\u2019s synod on the family this week. While reaffirming the church\u2019s opposition to same-sex marriage, the report said that \u201chomosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community\u201d and asked if the church is capable of \u201cwelcoming these people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new document follows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/07\/30\/world\/europe\/pope-francis-gay-priests.html?pagewanted=all\">Pope Francis\u2019 more inclusive language<\/a> regarding homosexuality and has been praised by gay rights groups for its <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Health\/wireStory\/bishops-acknowledging-reality-catholic-families-26152677\">\u201cdramatic new tone.<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0The report also moves the church toward a position on homosexuality already embraced by a majority of American Catholics, particularly younger adults.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fully 85% of self-identified Catholics ages 18-29 said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2014\/06\/26\/the-political-typology-beyond-red-vs-blue\/\">2014 Pew Research Center survey<\/a> that homosexuality should be accepted by society, compared with just 13% who said it should be discouraged. Older age groups are less likely to favor acceptance. But even among Catholics ages 65 and older, 57% say that homosexuality should be accepted.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--more-->Some of these differences may correlate with the frequency of church attendance. Our research has found that older Catholics attend Mass more frequently than do their younger counterparts, and that Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly are more likely to say that homosexuality should be discouraged than those who do not. But even among churchgoing Catholics of all ages \u2013 that is, those who attend Mass at least weekly \u2013 roughly twice as many say homosexuality should be accepted (60%) as say it should be discouraged (31%).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Similarly, despite the church\u2019s continued opposition to same-sex marriage, most U.S. Catholics (57%) favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to legally wed, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2014\/09\/24\/graphics-slideshow-changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage\/\">aggregated 2014 Pew Research surveys<\/a>. And again, younger Catholics are particularly likely to express this view. Three-quarters of Catholic adults under 30 support legal same-sex marriage, compared with 53% of Catholics ages 30 and older (including just 38% of those 65 and older).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2014\/03\/06\/catholics-view-pope-francis-as-a-change-for-the-better\/\">surveyed American Catholics earlier this year<\/a>, before the one-year anniversary of Francis\u2019 election as pope, we found that about half said the Catholic Church should recognize the marriages of gay and lesbian couples (with younger Catholics <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2014\/03\/Pope-Francis-change-for-the-better-detailed-tables.pdf\">more likely to support such a change<\/a>). 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