Americans support for gay marriage by religion

Poll shows growing religious support for same-sex marriage Constant Contact Use. Please leave this field blank. Follow on Instagram. Robert P. Jones, Ph. From the beginning, religious divides have been central to the same-sex marriage debate.

Today, major religious groups reside on both sides of this issue and within many key groups—such as Catholics—support among rank and file members is now at odds with official church opposition. A new Public Religion Research Institute survey finds an increase in support for marriage equality among people from more conservative backgrounds.

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Here's where other churches stand. And as opinions have shifted in the general population, so have those of faithful. Read more on how religious groups answer questions about: Acceptance of homosexuality Same-sex marriage Acceptance of transgender people Abortion’s legality Acceptance of homosexuality In all three Religious Landscape Studies, large majorities of religiously unaffiliated Americans have said homosexuality should be accepted by society.

A majority of orthodox Christians 56 percent also support same-sex marriage. While majorities of all but a handful of religious groups favor legal recognition of same-sex marriage (most Jehovah’s Witnesses, white evangelical Protestants, Muslims, Hispanic Protestants, and.

[3] From tosupport for recognized same-sex marriage increased between 1% and % per year, and accelerated thereafter, [4] rising above 50% in Pew Research Center polling for the first time in [5] A Public. A decade agothe most supportive religious groups were white mainline Protestants and Catholics, with 36 percent and 35 percent support, respectively.

More than six in ten 62 percent white mainline Protestants support same-sex marriage. By submitting this form, you are consenting to receive marketing emails from:. A majority of Americans (67%) also continue to support same-sex marriage, though that number was down 2 percentage points from the previous year.

Facebook Linkedin Youtube. Emails are serviced by Constant Contact. And while the Catholic Church officially opposes the legalization of same-sex marriage, about six in ten white 61 percentHispanic 60 percentand other non-white Catholics 60 percent support allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry legally.

And support among all religious Americans has jumped nearly 20 percentage points, up from 28 percent in The massive sample size of The American Values Atlas also makes possible a state map of American opinions on same-sex marriage. Public opinion of same-sex marriage in the United States has significantly changed since the s, [2] and a majority of Americans now favor same-sex marriage.

Among white evangelical Protestant denominations, white evangelical Baptists are the most opposed 72 percentwhile white evangelical Lutherans are nearly evenly divided 45 percent favor, 48 percent opposed. Among all religiously affiliated Americans, 47 percent favor allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry, compared to 45 percent who oppose.

But it finds Americans split on transgender rights. The Trump administration is using footage of stree. You can unsubscribe anytime. As I recently noted in The Atlanticeven among religiously affiliated Americans, supporters today actually outnumber opponents.

Inwhen Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, nearly two-thirds 65 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans supported same-sex marriage, but there were no major religious groups in which a majority favored allowing gay and lesbian couples to marry.

April 22, The Episcopal Church now sanctions same-sex marriages. The most supportive major religious groups are Buddhists (84 percent), Jews (77 percent), and Americans who select “Other religion” (75 percent); additionally, more than three-quarters (77 percent) of the religiously unaffiliated also support same-sex marriage.