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Border & Immigration

New Pew Study Explores Link Between Religion And Politics In Latinos' Lives

By John Rosman / Digital Editor, KPBS,  Laurel Morales / Senior Field Correspondent
Published October 18, 2012 at 4:40 AM PDT
This story was published more than 12 years ago.
Pew Research Center
Pew Finds Most Latinos Support Same-Sex Marriage
More than half of the country’s Latinos favor allowing same-sex marriage, according to a recent poll by the Pew Hispanic Center.

A new Pew Research Center study explores the changing landscape of religion in Latinos' lives.

The Latino community traditionally has been more conservative on the issue of same-sex marriage. But that’s changing for most Latinos, even Catholics. Evangelicals remain opposed to same-sex marriage.

According to the study this marks a dramatic shift in public perception in just six years.

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Pew’s Luis Lugo says Latinos are looking at many issues when making their voting decisions.

"When we ask Latinos what are the extremely important issues for you in this campaign, this is not an issue that shows up," Lugo said. "It is issues like education, jobs, health care, those are the issues that get the most attention."

A large majority of Latino Catholics support President Obama. They make up 57 percent of Latino registered voters.

Half of Latino evangelicals prefer the president. Almost 40 percent favor Republican challenger Mitt Romney. Evangelicals account for 16 percent of the Latino electorate.

Updated 10/18/12 at 7:38 p.m.

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John Rosman
John Rosman is the digital editor for KPBS News. He oversees all news content on KPBS.org and across all digital properties. Prior, John was the social media editor for Fronteras Desk. Before heading south, John was a digital producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. There he led the flagship radio program Think Out Loud in all aspects of digital media. Working with OPB's cultural website, Arts & Life, he also produced multimedia features. By way of metro Detroit, John is a proud graduate of the University of Oregon's School of Journalism. He has worked as an editor in television and film. But he found his passion for public radio during a long winter, in a lonely hotdog stand. When John's away from the office, you can find him catching up on all the sun he missed in Oregon.
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Laurel Morales
Senior Field Correspondent Laurel Morales (Flagstaff) has been a public radio reporter for 10 years; eight of them in Arizona. She has won several awards for her work, including national recognition from Public Radio News Director Inc. (PRNDI) for the only commentary she’s ever written. She prefers to highlight compelling voices other than her own and has covered blizzards, wildfires, floods and tornadoes. Morales came to northern Arizona from rural Minnesota where she worked as a reporter after receiving her master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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