Pope Francis recently said he supports legalizing civil unions for gay couples. Most U.S. Catholics believe same-sex unions should be legal — only they go further than the pope and support marriage for same-sex couples. A majority of Catholics have consistently approved of gay marriage in Gallup polling since 2011, with an average 59% approving from 2011-2015, rising to an average 69% since 2016.
U.S. Catholics’ support for gay marriage has consistently exceeded the national average by five or more percentage points since the 2000s. CONT.
Kristjan Archer & Justin McCarthy, Gallup
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