About three quarters of U.S. Catholics say society should be accepting of homosexuality % of Catholics in each country who say Homosexuality should not be
In the Americas, majorities of Catholics in several countries said society should be accepting of homosexuality. That was the case in Canada, where almost nine-in-ten Catholics (87%) took this view, as well as in Argentina (80%), the U.S. (76%), Mexico (72%) and Brazil (71%). Other countries around the world where most Catholics said society should be accepting of homosexuality included Spain (91%), Australia (81%), the Philippines (80%) and South Africa (62%).
About three quarters of U.S. Catholics say society  | should be accepting of homosexuality  | % of Catholics in each country who say  | Homosexuality should be  | Homosexuality should not be  | accepted by society  | accepted by society  | 95%  | Netherlands  | 4%  | 93  | Germany  | 6  | 91  | Spain  | 8  | 87  | Canada  | 8  | 87  | France  | 10  | LUK  | 86  | 12  | 81  | Australia  | 13  | 80  | Argentina  | 16  | 80  | Philippines  | 17  | 76  | Italy  | 19  | 76  | U.S.  | 19  | 772 71  | Mexico  | 20  | Brazil  | 19  | 62  | South Africa  | 34  | 41 39  | 48  | Hungary  | 46  | Czech Republic  | 45  | Poland  | 45  | 39  | Slovakia  | 51  | 27  | Lithuania  | 46  | 16  | Kenya  | 80  | 14  | Lebanon  | 84  | Nigeria  | 91  | Note: Don t know/refused responses not shown. In Lithuania, Catholics were  | significantly less likely to respond.  | Source: Spring 2019 Global Attitudes Survey.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 