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we've talked many times about how in Iran
there is a total disconnection between the views if the average
a rainy in person and the views espoused by the Iranian regime
where the average Iranian is very moderate as Louis and I have discussed
many times lewis's father of course from Iran
the regime would make one think that the entire country maybe has much more
a extreme views without making any specific
connections between the Iranian regime in the Catholic Church we now have some
information that there may be a very similar dynamic
within the Catholic Church there's a study from the Pew Research Center
which shows that most Catholics in the United States do not agree
with the church on homosexuality on contraception
on any other number I love %uh social issues so this is based on a study from
the Pew Research Center
the church of course teaches that abortion contraception homosexual
activity are all wrong however majority of American Catholics
simply don't agree so let's look at the numbers the poll was conducted
in March just after the election of Pope Francis
and it found that three-quarters of US Catholic seventy-six percent
say the church should permit birth control half
about 54 percent american catholics favor same-sex marriage
and only a third say that homosexual behavior
is a Sen views on abortion are a little bit more mixed but still 53 percent love
white Catholics say abortion should be legal
in all or most cases and among Hispanic Catholics forty-three percent say should
be legal in all
or most cases this Louis to me
signals not that there has been really any significant shift
from the Catholic Church on these positions even though we've heard any
number I've
a of comments from Pope Francis about this now
it really seems to be more that the church has to be realizing
that they are just going to lose I don't know if constituent is the right word
followers or or a %uh you to call call them what you will
I and that the issue really to me is
are even these numbers already skewed by the fact that people who are
for the purposes of the survey identify as Catholic
not even really Catholic at this point and only saying they're catholic because
their parents were Catholic
right I think there are lots of people in this country who will identify as
Catholic or Christian or what have you
even though they do not practice the religion in all but assuming that these
numbers
are correct in that these are practicing catholics I think what you're seeing
here is that when these
a taboo subjects from the church become
cultural norms or just culturally accepted I'm
Bay will be looked at favorable by the general population despite the church's
views
and I think that's just slowly over time what what has been happening
and then the question becomes do you need it to did
what could the church even continue to exist if it became
so progressive is a response to to public opinion
or with with the church just kind of disappear with it
b.com obsolete for lack of a better term
I don't know how soon will find that out but we're certainly seeing an
interesting movement that brings up these questions