{"id":14218,"date":"2014-06-19T11:35:27","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/march-for-marriage-rally-reflects-steadfast-opposition-to-gay-marriage-among-evangelical-christians\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:21:54","slug":"march-for-marriage-rally-reflects-steadfast-opposition-to-gay-marriage-among-evangelical-christians","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/06\/19\/march-for-marriage-rally-reflects-steadfast-opposition-to-gay-marriage-among-evangelical-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018March for Marriage\u2019 rally reflects steadfast opposition to gay marriage among evangelical Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At a time when <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/2014\/03\/10\/graphics-slideshow-changing-attitudes-on-gay-marriage\/\">polls show a growing number of Americans favor<\/a> same-sex marriage, a coalition of groups opposing gay marriage are holding a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marriagemarch.org\/\">March for Marriage<\/a>\u201d today in Washington, D.C., to demonstrate what organizers call a \u201cdeep and wide support for the definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationformarriage.org\/\">National Organization for Marriage<\/a> president Brian Brown.<\/p>\n\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"f3f4f3\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f3f4f3;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-260627 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/FT_same-sex-marriage-religious-views.png\" alt=\"FT_same-sex-marriage-religious-views\" width=\"315\" height=\"467\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tide of public opinion on same-sex marriage has changed rapidly. In just five years, the percentage of adults who say they oppose same-sex marriage has fallen from a majority (54%) to a minority. Today, roughly four-in-ten Americans (39%) say they oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed, according to Pew Research Center polling.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while opposition to same-sex marriage is still sizable, it is now more concentrated among a few religious groups \u2013 particularly white evangelical Protestants. (Many of the groups sponsoring today\u2019s rally are affiliated with evangelical Christianity.)<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White evangelical Protestants, many of whom belong to churches that still firmly prohibit gay marriage, tend to be much more likely to oppose same-sex marriage than the general population or other large faith groups. Indeed, seven-in-ten white evangelical Protestants say they oppose allowing gay and lesbian couples to wed. In addition, about half of African-American Protestants (49%), some of whom belong to historically black churches that are evangelical, also oppose gay marriage.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<figure><img data-dominant-color=\"dde1e1\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #dde1e1;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-260628 not-transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/FT_same-sex-marriage-violate-religious-beliefs.png\" alt=\"FT_same-sex-marriage-violate-religious-beliefs\" width=\"410\" height=\"290\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Religion plays a large role in determining why some people might oppose same-sex marriage. In a March 2013 poll, we found that 83% of white evangelicals said gay marriage violates their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Considerably fewer white mainline Protestants (44%) say same-sex marriage goes against their religious beliefs, and only about a third (32%) oppose same-sex marriage. While some of the larger mainline Protestant denominations say gay marriage is inconsistent with church teachings, many of them <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2014\/06\/18\/where-christian-churches-stand-on-gay-marriage\/\">have been moving toward greater acceptance<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But religious doctrine is not always the only determining factor. For instance, while the Roman Catholic Church opposes gay marriage and 62% of U.S. Catholics say that same-sex marriage violates their religious beliefs, only a third of self-identified Catholics (33%) now oppose same-sex unions.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/FT_14.06.18_ChurchesOnSSM-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-260540\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/FT_14.06.18_ChurchesOnSSM-1.png\" alt=\"FT_14.06.18_ChurchesOnSSM (1)\" ><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opposition to same-sex marriage is now more concentrated among a few religious groups \u2013 particularly white evangelical 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