CATHOLIC BISHOPS BACK LA. SSM BAN: From the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Louisiana’s Catholic bishops Thursday urged voters among the state’s 1.5 million Catholics to approve a measure on the Sept. 18 ballot that would add a ban on same-sex marriage to the state Constitution, adding their voices to those of other religious leaders supporting the measure. ...

Seventy-five percent of evangelicals and 72 percent of black Protestants favor traditional marriage and oppose either same-sex marriage or legalized civil unions, according to a survey of the religious views of 4,000 people conducted during the spring by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. The margin of error for the survey is 2 percent. But religious opinion is by no means monolithic. ...

The Pew Forum survey showed that support for gay marriage or civil unions is stronger among mainline Protestants such as Presbyterians, Episcopalians and Methodists. About 53 percent of those believers said they supported gay marriage or civil unions. ...

While renouncing "unjust discrimination or animosity" toward gay men and lesbians, the Catholic bishops said that "the traditional family has shown throughout history to be the best context for promoting stability and nurturing children."

"The gift, meaning and truth about marriage come from creation and are not ours to change," their statement said. ...

Researchers found that 52 percent of Catholics declared themselves in favor of gay marriage or civil unions.

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