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The long-standing tension<\/a> between religious beliefs and the idea of same-sex marriage has been a key factor at play behind recently proposed bills in several states, most visibly in Arizona, aimed at protecting business owners who have religious objections to same-sex marriage<\/a>. At the same time, however, new Pew Research Center data from 2014 show that just within the past year, growing shares of some Christian groups<\/a> favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.<\/p>\n\n

The sharpest change has occurred among black Protestants, only 32% of whom favored same-sex marriage in our aggregated 2013 polling. A survey we conducted last month found that figure has now risen to 43%.<\/p>\n\n

There also has been an uptick in support for same-sex marriage among white mainline Protestants (from 55% in 2013 to 62% this year). Debates are ongoing within some mainline churches about whether to conduct same-sex marriages.<\/p>\n\n

Perhaps reflecting the changing views of the laity, the head United Methodist Church bishop in New York announced last week<\/a> that he will end trials in his region of ministers who officiate same-sex weddings against official church teaching. But other church leaders do not appear ready to take such steps: Later last week, formal complaints were filed<\/a> at the request of the denomination\u2019s Council of Bishops against a retired bishop who performed a wedding<\/a> for two Alabama men in October.<\/p>\n\n

Although the changes among Catholics in the past year have not been statistically significant, support for same-sex marriage has increased among that group over the past several years. Roughly six-in-ten U.S. Catholics (59%) now favor same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n\n

Despite a modest increase over the past decade, white evangelical Protestants are the main exception to the more recent trend of growing support for same-sex marriage. The new poll found that 23% of this group supports same-sex marriage, the same share as last year.<\/p>\n\n

The changes \u2013 or lack thereof \u2013 among these groups come amid a quickly shifting legal landscape on the issue. Since the beginning of 2013, eight states have legalized same-sex marriage<\/a> and the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a key part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, requiring the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages from the 17 states where they are legal (plus the District of Columbia). Pending court appeals could lead to legal same-sex marriages in several more states<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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