Catholics Accepting Who Regularly Attend Mass Less Accepting of Non-Traditional Families % saying children being raised by divorced parents is agae pta ble as good not as good ptable, as some others acceptable as any other arrangement % saying children being raised by a same-sex couple is % saying children being raised by a cohabiting couple is
Catholics who attend Mass at least weekly are more likely than other Catholics to have opinions that align with church policies and teachings. But even among frequent churchgoers, majorities are open to non-traditional family arrangements. For example, roughly a third of Catholics who attend Mass weekly (34%) say children being raised by a same-sex couple is acceptable and as good as any other arrangement, which is similar to the share who see this as unacceptable (36%).
Catholics Accepting Who Regularly Attend Mass  | Less Accepting of Non-Traditional Families  | % saying children being raised by divorced parents is  | agae pta ble as good  | acce ptable, but not  | not  | as good ptable, as some others acceptable  | as any other arrangement  | Catholics who attend  | 56  | 26  | 11  | Mass weekly+  | Catholics who attend  | 50  | 10  | 34  | Mass less often  | % saying children being raised by a same-sex couple is  | acceptable. but not  | a cce pta ble as good  | not  | as any other arrangement  | as good acceptable. as some others acceptable not  | Catholics who attend  | 34  | 25  | 36  | Mass weekly+  | Catholics who attend  | 49  | 22  | 22  | Mass less often  | % saying children being raised by a cohabiting couple is  | acce ptable, but not  | aga pta ble as good  | not  | as any other arrangement  | as good as some others acceptal able  | Catholics who attend  | 38  | 41  | 16  | Mass weekly+  | Catholics who attend  | 55  | 31  | Mass less often  | Source: Pew Research Center Survey of U.S. Catholics and Family Life  | May 5- June 7 201 5. The accepta able and as good as any other arrangement"  | cate gory includes those who volunteer this arrangement is "the best/ better than  | others. Responses of "don't know and "de arrangement pends not shown.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 