Tag Archives: ICM

Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Clive Field

The increasingly heated controversy over the Coalition Government’s Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill for England and Wales shifts to Parliament tomorrow (5 February 2013), with the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons. It therefore seems a good point … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Religion in public debate, Research note, Survey news | Tagged British Social Attitudes Surveys, Church of England, ComRes, courts, David Cameron, government, homosexuality, ICM, Ipsos-MORI, legislation, lesbians/gays/bisexuals, Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, OnePoll, places of worship, religious marriages, same-sex marriage, Survation, YouGov | Leave a comment

Turkey and the European Union

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Clive Field

About one-quarter of Britons hold an unfavourable opinion of Turkey and consider that its membership of the European Union (EU) would be a bad thing, perceiving it as a predominantly Muslim country which would be out of place in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Compagnia di San Paolo, Eurobarometer, European Union, German Marshall Fund of the United States, ICM, Islamophobia, Muslims, TNS Opinion, Transatlantic Trends, Turkey | Leave a comment

Israel-Palestine Conflict

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Clive Field

Public perceptions of the religious dimensions of the Israel-Palestine conflict are illuminated in a six-nation ICM poll released on 13 March and undertaken on behalf of the Al Jazeera Centre for Studies (established in 2006), the Middle East Monitor (MEMO, … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion and Politics, Survey news | Tagged Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Anti-Semitism, Clive Field, conflict, European Muslim Research Centre, ICM, Islamophobia, Israel, Jews, Middle East, Middle East Monitor, Muslims, Palestine | Leave a comment

Children at Church Weddings

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Clive Field

‘To invite or not to invite young children?’ to weddings is a key question for couples planning their big day, but a new survey conducted by the Church of England – as part of the Archbishops’ Council’s ongoing Weddings Project … Continue reading →

Posted in Survey news | Tagged children, Church of England, ICM, marriage, weddings | Leave a comment

Catholic Adoption

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Clive Field

On 19 August the Charity Commission announced its decision not to consent to the request from the charity Catholic Care to amend its charitable objects to restrict its adoption services to heterosexual prospective parents only. This followed a High Court … Continue reading →

Posted in Religion in the Press | Tagged adoption, British Social Attitudes Survey, Catholic Care, Charity Commission, homosexuality, ICM, Populus, Roman Catholic Church, YouGov | Leave a comment