The Global Divide on Homosexuality

rinsito

_As the United States and other countries grapple with the issue of same-sex marriage, a new Pew Research Center survey finds huge variance by region on the broader question of whether homosexuality should be accepted or rejected by society.

The survey of publics in 39 countries finds broad acceptance of homosexuality in North America, the European Union, and much of Latin America, but equally widespread rejection in predominantly Muslim nations and in Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and in Russia. Opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality is divided in Israel, Poland and Bolivia._

hxxp://www.pewglobal.org/2013/06/04/the-global-divide-on-homosexuality/

The view that homosexuality should be accepted by society is prevalent in most of the European Union countries surveyed. About three-quarters or more in Spain (88%), Germany (87%), the Czech Republic (80%), France (77%), Britain (76%), and Italy (74%) share this view, as do more than half in Greece (53%). Poland is the only EU country surveyed where views are mixed; 42% say homosexuality should be accepted by society and 46% believe it should be rejected.

Spain (and Portugal, btw, although it's not in the poll) is not as catholic as it seems. Or at least, not really catholic. Near the 70% of spaniards claims to be catholic, but it's something cultural.
Here in Spain, churches are empty most of the time.

hxxp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapsed_Catholic

Dax

I really like your topic, rinsito. Very interesting and enlightening.

scribbleme

Great find. Who knows what'll happen in the years to come.

leatherbear

trukr

Thank you for this interesting survey.

I find it sad how much the US trails other countries in acceptance. It's not terrible, but I'd expect more in such a "free" country.
Then again, there's too many religious nuts.

myrea

There are christians however they are not the righterthanthou christians they actually think for themselves… Portugal is shedding the church skin actually we have a incoming generation which is really secular in values and morals, while their parents are the passive generation which followm these one's actually riot against the idiocy of governation that has been destroying the country.