[Why are so many of them Prots or "have no affiliation" in the first place?]
Hispanic Catholic voters favor Obama; [Hispanic] Evangelical [Protestants] less enthusiastic
CWN – October 18, 2012
Hispanic voters lean heavily toward President Barack Obama in this year’s US presidential race, a new survey by the Pew Forum shows.
Hispanic Catholics favor Obama by an overwhelming 73- 19%. (Among Hispanic Catholics who attend Mass weekly, the survey shows a 61-38% edge for Obama.) Hispanics who have no affiliation are even more overwhelmingly attached to President Obama, by 82- 7%. Hispanics who are Evangelical Protestants choose the incumbent President by a less lopsided 50- 39%.
The Pew survey also finds a strong trend toward approval of same-sex marriage among Hispanic voters. For the first time the poll found a majority in favor of legal recognition for same-sex unions; the margin was 52- 34% . Those figures show a dramatic shift from a 2009 survey, in which only 34% of Hispanic respondents favored same-sex marriage, with 44% opposed.
The responses from Catholic Hispanics roughly matched the overall results, with 51% favoring legal recognition of same-sex marriage and 31% opposed. Among Hispanic Catholics who attend Mass weekly, a plurality still approved of same-sex marriage, although the results were closer, with 46% in favor and 37% opposed. Again Evangelical Hispanics showed more conservative views, with only 25% favoring same-sex marriage and 66% opposed.
Additional sources for this story: Latinos, Religion and Campaign 2012 (Pew Forum) www.pewforum.org/Race/Latinos-Religion-and-Campaign-2012.aspx
Half of Hispanics favor legalizing same-sex marriage, study finds
WASHINGTON (CNS) 10/18/2012 — More than 50 percent of Hispanics now favor legalizing same-sex marriage, marking nearly a statistical flip-flop in the six years since the Pew Hispanic Center first began asking that question. However, majorities of those who attend religious services most regularly continue to oppose such marriages. In a report released Oct. 18, Pew’s Hispanic Center and its Forum on Religion & Public Life found that 52 percent of Hispanics support same-sex marriage and 34 percent oppose it. Among them, 54 percent of Hispanic Catholics say it should be legal and 31 percent oppose it. Among all Americans, 48 percent favor same-sex marriage, as do 53 percent of all Catholics. In 2006, when the organization first asked Hispanics that question, 31 percent favored legalizing same-sex marriage and 56 percent opposed it. A large majority of evangelical Hispanics remain opposed to same-sex marriage, with 25 percent saying they support it and 66 percent opposed. Among white evangelicals, 19 percent support legalizing such marriages and 76 percent are opposed. In the religion breakouts done by Pew, white evangelicals are the group most likely to oppose same-sex marriage. Support for same-sex marriage was weaker among Latinos who regularly attend religious services, the report said. Among all Hispanics, 40 percent of those who attend services at least weekly support such marriages, and 47 percent oppose them. Forty-six percent of Latino Catholics who go to church at least weekly said they support same-sex marriage, while 37 percent oppose it. The Catholic Church opposes legalizing same-sex marriage, saying that marriage should remain a union between one man and one woman.
“The Catholic Church opposes legalizing same-sex marriage, saying that marriage should remain a union between one man and one woman.”
Amchurch really doesn’t have a leg to stand on with the above statement; it’s been handing out marriage annulments like a child molester hands out candy on halloween.