V Perceptions on religion and the Public Sphere

Do you agree or disagree with the following statements or situations?

Representative data from national total
Statements or situations
Members of any religious group should have the same rights as all other citizensPublic schools should teach religious content and valuesSex education in public schoolsA law permitting same-sex marriageThe right of gay couples to adoptLegal abortionChurches owning mass-media outletsGender diversity in textbooks (i.e. texts that do not acknowledge biological differences between men and women)Observance of traditional Catholic celebrations (like graduation masses or Christmas pageants) at public schoolsSet up altars to the dead at public schoolsCandidates for public positions using religious symbols to attract votesChurches rendering accounts to the tax authorityReligions openly participating in electoral policy

Members of any religious group should have the same rights as all other citizens

Public schools should teach religious content and values

Sex education in public schools

A law permitting same-sex marriage

The right of gay couples to adopt

Legal abortion

Churches owning mass-media outlets

Gender diversity in textbooks (i.e. texts that do not acknowledge biological differences between men and women)

Observance of traditional Catholic celebrations (like graduation masses or Christmas pageants) at public schools

Set up altars to the dead at public schools

Candidates for public positions using religious symbols to attract votes

Churches rendering accounts to the tax authority

Religions openly participating in electoral policy

●Yes ●No
●I don’t care/I’m not interested ●Don’t know
Comparative results by region
Statements or situations
Members of any religious group should have the same rights as all other citizensPublic schools should teach religious content and valuesSex education in public schoolsA law permitting same-sex marriageThe right of gay couples to adoptLegal abortionChurches owning mass-media outletsGender diversity in textbooks (i.e. texts that do not acknowledge biological differences between men and women)Observance of traditional Catholic celebrations (like graduation masses or Christmas pageants) at public schoolsSet up altars to the dead at public schoolsCandidates for public positions using religious symbols to attract votesChurches rendering accounts to the tax authorityReligions openly participating in electoral policy

Members of any religious group should have the same rights as all other citizens

Public schools should teach religious content and values

Sex education in public schools

A law permitting same-sex marriage

The right of gay couples to adopt

Legal abortion

Churches owning mass-media outlets

Gender diversity in textbooks (i.e. texts that do not acknowledge biological differences between men and women)

Observance of traditional Catholic celebrations (like graduation masses or Christmas pageants) at public schools

Set up altars to the dead at public schools

Candidates for public positions using religious symbols to attract votes

Churches rendering accounts to the tax authority

Religions openly participating in electoral policy

Percentage who responded YES

●Pacific South and Southeast ●Center West and Center North ●Central Mexico
●North, Northeast and the Gulf Region ●Northwest
Comparative by religion
Statements or situations
Members of any religious group should have the same rights as all other citizensPublic schools should teach religious content and valuesSex education in public schoolsA law permitting same-sex marriageThe right of gay couples to adoptLegal abortionChurches owning mass-media outletsGender diversity in textbooks (i.e. texts that do not acknowledge biological differences between men and women)Observance of traditional Catholic celebrations (like graduation masses or Christmas pageants) at public schoolsSet up altars to the dead at public schoolsCandidates for public positions using religious symbols to attract votesChurches rendering accounts to the tax authorityReligions openly participating in electoral policy

Members of any religious group should have the same rights as all other citizens

Public schools should teach religious content and values

Sex education in public schools

A law permitting same-sex marriage

The right of gay couples to adopt

Legal abortion

Churches owning mass-media outlets

Gender diversity in textbooks (i.e. texts that do not acknowledge biological differences between men and women)

Observance of traditional Catholic celebrations (like graduation masses or Christmas pageants) at public schools

Set up altars to the dead at public schools

Candidates for public positions using religious symbols to attract votes

Churches rendering accounts to the tax authority

Religions openly participating in electoral policy

Percentage who responded YES

●Catholics ●Paraprotestants
●Evangelicals ●Unaffiliated