2 out of 3 Americans Say Churches Are Contributing LGBT Suicides

[FreeState]

If you attend a religious organization that is not 100% supportive of GLBT rights and families please speak up loudly, its time for this to change.


http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/10/21/churches-contribute-to-gay-suicides-most-americans-believe/

Two out of three Americans believe gay people commit suicide at least partly because of messages coming out of churches and other places of worship, a survey released Thursday found.

More than four out of 10 Americans say the message coming out of churches about gay people is negative, and about the same number say those messages contribute "a lot" to negative perceptions of gay and lesbian people.

Catholics were the most critical of their own churches' messages on homosexuality, while white evangelical Christians gave their churches the highest grades, the survey found.

The Public Religion Research Institute asked 1,017 Americans their views on religion and homosexuality between October 14 and 17, in the wake of a highly publicized rash of suicides by gay people.

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[Zenlitened]

1. K&R. -n/t

[SocialistLez]

2. Interesting....the real question is:

Why aren't these Americans leaving these hateful churches?

I'll never see my real dream: More Atheists in America

At the very least I can hope people can join inclusive churches or make their churches into inclusive churches.

[ruggerson]

3. in other news, the sky is still blue

[donheld]

4. Of course they are, but don't forget Focus on the Family

American Family Association and Family Research Council.