Gallup: Catholics more likely to believe abortion, homosexual acts are morally acceptable
March 31, 2009
An analysis of Gallup surveys conducted in 2006, 2007, and 2008 has found that Catholics are more likely to believe that abortion, sexual relations between unmarried people, divorce, embryonic stem cell research, and homosexual relations are morally acceptable than are non-Catholics. Although practicing Catholics are more likely than the non-Catholic population as a whole to adhere to Catholic and traditional Christian teaching on these matters, they are less likely to believe these acts are immoral than are non-Catholics who attend church regularly. For example, 53% of Catholics who attend church regularly believe that sexual relations between unmarried people is morally acceptable-- compared to 30% of non-Catholics who attend church regularly.
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