July 26, 2005: In a surprising turn, Catholics down under are among the least homophobic people in Australia, a new study found. According the the Australian Associated Press, this has occured “despite the church’s leaders railing against gay rights.”

The study, called Mapping Homophobia in Australia, showed two-thirds of Baptists and evangelical Christians believed homosexuality to be immoral. However, Catholics, Anglicans and Uniting church members are the most tolerant, with only a third saying homosexuality is immoral. Not a surprise was that of the 25,000 people surveyed , those who said they had no religion were the most tolerant, with only 19 per cent saying homosexuality was immoral.

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