The advocate poll

Do you still practice the same religion your family did when you were growing up?

How readers responded to the Advocate.com
poll question featured in the June 17 issue of
The Advocate

Yes  22%

No   78%

"I was raised Southern Baptist. There is no way I would participate in that religion as a freethinking adult!"

"I still observe the Jewish holidays and traditions, even if I don't step foot into a synagogue, unless I'm a guest at a wedding or bar mitzvah."

"Absolutely not! The religion of my parents did not respect women, minorities, and certainly not gays. I gave up on that hateful and hate-filled Protestant fundamentalist religion long ago."

"Roman Catholicism? The church of gay self-hatred? Ha! Practicing secular humanist here, thank you very much."

"I practice Religious Science, which doesn't discount the Christianity I grew up with, just expands it back to its original intent."

"My partner and I have been Roman Catholic since birth. When our son was old enough to start religious education, we decided it was time to break the cycle; we became Episcopalian and haven't looked back since."

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