70% of Britons are Christian, but only 1.5% gay

[Lozzer]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... l#comments

I sense bullshit, personally

Three Britons count themselves as Christian for every one non-believer, according to a major survey.
And nearly seven in ten said they were Christian, even if they never go to church.
Fewer than a quarter said they had no religion and only one in 12 follows another religion.

Devoted: Seven out of 10 people surveyed see themselves as Christian even if they do not attend church
...AND ONLY 1.5% ARE HOMOSEXUAL
Homosexuals make up only 1.5 per cent of the population, the survey found.
One per cent said they were gay or lesbian, while 0.5 per cent said they were bisexual.
More men than women declared themselves homosexual, with 1.3 per cent of men saying they were gay compared to 0.6 per cent of women who described themselves as lesbian.
Gay lobbyists and politicians have long claimed that 10 per cent of the population is homosexual. But the figures from the Office for National Statistics’ Integrated Household Survey show this is a wild exaggeration.
Some 94 per cent said they were heterosexual, 4.3 per cent declined to answer the question or said they didn’t know, and 0.4 per cent said their sexuality was ‘other’.
The finding that the nation remains overwhelmingly Christian comes days after it emerged that BBC programme-makers have been put under pressure to stop describing dates as BC or AD.

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Instead, they have been told to use the non-Christian alternatives Before Common Era and Common Era.
The Corporation’s religion and ethics department has said that ‘as the BBC is committed to impartiality it is appropriate that we use terms that do not offend or alienate non-Christians’.
Meanwhile, four Christians denied the right to wear crosses or act in accordance with their beliefs at work are taking cases to the European Court of Human Rights claiming the State is trying to suppress their religion.
The Office for National Statistics’ new Integrated Household Survey, which collects the views of 420,000 people, found that 69 per cent of people in Britain said they were Christian.
Nearly nine in ten over-65s are Christian. But even in the least religious age group, 25 to 34-year-olds, more than half – 55 per cent – profess Christianity.
Fifty-nine per cent of 16 to 24-year-olds and 60 per cent of under-16s said they were Christian.
Support for other religions breaks down as 4.4 per cent Muslim, 1.3 per cent Hindu, 0.7 per cent Sikh, 0.4 per cent Buddhist, 0.4 per cent Jewish, and 1.1 per cent who say they follow other religions.
Only 23 per cent of the population said they had no religion. Christian groups said the findings showed that State agencies which act as if Christianity was a minority hobby are wildly wrong.
Simon Calvert, of the Christian Institute think tank, said: ‘These figures must come as a shock to the BBC and the political class. It is about time that this reality, that people want to be identified as Christian, was reflected not only in the output of our major broadcasters but also in the policies of the Government.
‘Ministers are still barrelling along with enforcing civil partnerships in churches and redefining marriage. We can only hope that the reality will catch up with them and give them pause for thought.’
The Integrated Household Survey was put together from five ONS surveys which asked the same ‘core questions’ over a year.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe you know all the gays in the UK?

[Lozzer]

Maybe you know all the gays in the UK?

Paha, strangely enough, most gays on Facebook share a mutual friend at some point.


These statistics make no sense, though. One in ten people are usually gay, and I've always relied on that, since it's usually true

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe you know all the gays in the UK?

Paha, strangely enough, most gays on Facebook share a mutual friend at some point.


These statistics make no sense, though. One in ten people are usually gay, and I've always relied on that, since it's usually true

But you're unusually gay.

[Feck]

Most people identify themselves as christian if you ask them the question in such a way as they think culturally christian or what they were baptised as . and Losser you should know that more than 1.5% are gay !

[MrJonno]

Most people identify themselves as christian if you ask them the question in such a way as they think culturally christian or what they were baptised as . and Losser you should know that more than 1.5% are gay !

Census is basically answered as are you a christian or are you a darkie?

Should be asking when did you last go to church outside weddings/funerals and if the answer not within the last 12 months put down as non-religious

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Most people identify themselves as christian if you ask them the question in such a way as they think culturally christian or what they were baptised as . and Losser you should know that more than 1.5% are gay !

Census is basically answered as are you a christian or are you a darkie?

Should be asking when did you last go to church outside weddings/funerals and if the answer not within the last 12 months put down as non-religious

Merkins say their Christians because "they're supposed to say that." The fact of the matter is I haven't met more than a handful of people I would characterize as "Christian" in sixty years.

[HomerJay]

Maybe you know all the gays in the UK?

These statistics make no sense, though. One in ten people are usually gay, and I've always relied on that, since it's usually true

How would you know?

[Lozzer]

Maybe you know all the gays in the UK?

These statistics make no sense, though. One in ten people are usually gay, and I've always relied on that, since it's usually true

How would you know?

Personal experience. If there's more than twenty people in a class at college, there's always two gays or so. The same applies to anything.

How do you think I get shags?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Random encounters in Men's Rooms?

[Animavore]

Personally I've always been suspicious of the one in ten figure. It seems far too high.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Personally I've always been suspicious of the one in ten figure. It seems far too high.

That figure seems to include people who are the least curious, I think.

[Animavore]

Personally I've always been suspicious of the one in ten figure. It seems far too high.

That figure seems to include people who are the least curious, I think.

That would make more sense.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Personally I've always been suspicious of the one in ten figure. It seems far too high.

That figure seems to include people who are the least curious, I think.

That would make more sense.

"Lies, damn lies, and statistics."

[rachelbean]

5% I MIGHT believe if it is only considering people who identify themselves as exclusively homosexual, though it's probably somewhere between 5 and 10 if it includes both sexes, and somewhere near 80% if you're in Brighton