(Church Times) Christians more liberal, British Social Attitudes survey finds

Christians have become more tolerant of pre-marital sex, homosexuality, and abortion over the past 30 years, as society becomes more liberal, the latest British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey suggests.

The 30th BSA survey, published on Tuesday by NatCen Social Research, is based on detailed interviews with a representative sample of 3000 people in 2012. Such interviews have been carried out since 1983, examining public views on society, politics, and morality.

When the first BSA survey was published in 1983, 28 per cent of those surveyed thought that sex outside marriage was “always” or “mostly” wrong, and 42 per cent thought it “not wrong at all”. In 2012, only 11 per cent of those surveyed thought that pre-marital sex was “always” or “mostly” wrong, and 65 per cent thought it was “not wrong at all”.

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One comment on “(Church Times) Christians more liberal, British Social Attitudes survey finds

  1. Br. Michael says:

    I just shows that corruption follows swimming in the cultural sewer.