An Ipsos-MORI survey has rather surprisingly revealed that three-quarters of the population in Northern Ireland say they are tolerant of lesbians, gays and bisexuals and 88% believe there should be no discrimination against them.
The poll was based on a face-to-face survey of 1,009 people, questioned at 47 different locations across Northern Ireland during February.
Perhaps the most interesting statistics to emerge from the survey stem from the differing attitudes of the Protestants compared to the Catholics.
The glut of homophobia is to be found in the Protestant Evangelical community. 14% of Protestants admitted they were ‘not at all accepting’ of the gay community.
Evidence of the Pope’s waning influence can be found in the fact that 83% of Catholics said they were ‘very accepting’ of gays, lesbians and bisexuals compared with 70% of Protestants.
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