Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess explores new survey data about young Latter-day Saints on sexual orientation and political identity.
to ensure that churches and individuals who oppose same-sex marriage will “not have to perform or host same-sex marriages or celebrations. It protects the tax-exempt status of religious organizations.”
the Nationscape Survey, which revealed that only 77% of Generation Z Mormons in the U.S. identified as heterosexualBurge noted that the cultural identity of being Latter-day Saint may be strong enough that some respondents still reported having a Latter-day Saint identity even if they were not religiously active or believing. Unfortunately, religious behavior and beliefs were not covered in the FIRE survey.
While the survey did not ask much about religion, it has a wealth of information about political identity and beliefs. Burge noted that the Latter-day Saint college students in the survey were more evenly balanced between Democrats and Republicans than Latter-day Saints usually are as a whole: 39% identify as Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party, and 45% view themselves as Republicans. Another 16% identify as independents.
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