A record low 20,900 marriages took place In New Zealand last year, less than one-third of the number in 1971 and one half of the 1987 rate. In 2010 the marriage rate was 12.5 per 1000 unmarried adults. 273 resident civil unions were registered, of which 73 per cent were same-sex. Catholic Centre family life adviser Sue Devereux said Read more
A validity of a study claiming Catholics are more supportive of gay and lesbian rights than the general population and other Christians is being seriously questioned. The study “fails the “gold standard” of social surveys’ according to Dr Mark M. Gray, director of CARA Catholic Polls and a research associate for the Center for Applied Read more