In this article, Benjamin Riley looks at religious attitudes to marriage equality in Australia:
While Australian politicians often cite religious views as a reason not to support marriage equality, new research from the Public Religion Research Institute in the United States has shown that most American Catholics support some form of legal same-sex relationship recognition.
Forty-three percent are in favour of marriage equality and a further 28 percent are in favour of civil unions, more than for any other Christian denomination.
However, the Catholic Church in Australia and the US firmly opposes allowing same-sex couples to marry, and uses this view to justify attempts to openly influence Australian politics.
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