This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted among U.S. Catholics, in mid 2015, on their opinion about children being raised by same-sex couples. Around 43 percent U.S. Catholics said that a gay or lesbian couple was 'acceptable and as good as any other arrangement for raising children'.
What is your opinion about children being raised by a gay or lesbian couple?
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Pew Research Center. (September 2, 2015). What is your opinion about children being raised by a gay or lesbian couple? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/460071/us-catholics-view-on-children-being-raised-by-gay-or-lesbian-couple/
Pew Research Center. "What is your opinion about children being raised by a gay or lesbian couple?." Chart. September 2, 2015. Statista. Accessed January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/460071/us-catholics-view-on-children-being-raised-by-gay-or-lesbian-couple/
Pew Research Center. (2015). What is your opinion about children being raised by a gay or lesbian couple?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/460071/us-catholics-view-on-children-being-raised-by-gay-or-lesbian-couple/
Pew Research Center. "What Is Your Opinion about Children Being Raised by a Gay or Lesbian Couple?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Sep 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/460071/us-catholics-view-on-children-being-raised-by-gay-or-lesbian-couple/
Pew Research Center, What is your opinion about children being raised by a gay or lesbian couple? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/460071/us-catholics-view-on-children-being-raised-by-gay-or-lesbian-couple/ (last visited January 09, 2025)
What is your opinion about children being raised by a gay or lesbian couple? [Graph], Pew Research Center, September 2, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/460071/us-catholics-view-on-children-being-raised-by-gay-or-lesbian-couple/