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Three-quarters of U.S. Catholics say the church should permit birth control, about half favor same-sex marriage and just a third (33%) say homosexual behavior is a sin.
Four-in-ten Catholics say there is “a lot” of conflict between their personal religious beliefs and homosexuality.
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