In marriage Western Europe, majority of Catholics support gay marriage % ofCatholics in each country who favor or oppose allowing gays and lesbians to marry legally
Around the world, Catholics vary in their support for same-sex marriage and their acceptance of homosexuality in general, according to Pew Research Center surveys conducted in recent years. (The Center does not have recent survey data on views about civil unions.)
In the United States, about six-in-ten Catholics (61%) said in a 2019 survey that they favor allowing gays and lesbians to marry. Same-sex marriage became legal across the U.S. following a Supreme Court ruling in 2015.
In Western Europe, large majorities of Catholics said in 2017 that they support legal same-sex marriage. That was the case in the Netherlands (92%), the United Kingdom (78%), France (74%) and Germany (70%).
Same-sex marriage is legal in most of the Western European countries surveyed. In Switzerland and Italy – which allow civil unions but not marriage for gay couples – 76% and 57% of Catholics, respectively, said in 2017 that they support gay marriage.
In marriage Western Europe, majority of Catholics support gay  | marriage  | % ofCatholics in each country who favor or oppose allowing gays  | and lesbians to marry legally  | NET Favor  | NET Oppose  | 92%  | Netherlands 3%  | 83  | Belgium  | 10  | Western Europe  | 78  | UK  | 21  | Western Europe  | 76  | Switzerland  | 23  | Central  | 75  | Spain  | 13  | and Eastern  | 74 71  | Europe  | France  | 24  | Austria  | 26  | 70  | Germany  | 29  | 65  | 30  | Ireland  | 61  | U.S.  | 31  | 57  | 41  | Italy  | 57  | 30  | Portugal  | 50  | Czech Republic  | 43  | 40  | Slovakia  | 54  | 29  | Croatia  | 66  | 29  | Poland  | 62  | 25  | Hungary  | 66  | 15  | 80  | Latvia  | 14  | Belarus  | 83  | Lithuania  | 87  | 11  | Bosnia  | 90  | Ukraine  | 90  | Note: Don't know/refused responses not shown.  | Source: Surveys conducted 2015 2017 in European countries and 2019  | in the United States  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 