No small factor in the spread of homosexuality is the attitude of growing numbers of clergymen. A few years ago ninety Episcopal clergymen went on record defending homosexual acts between consenting adults as not being wrong in themselves. The softening attitude of the clergy toward homosexuality is also indicated by the result of a survey involving 3,000 Protestant clergymen. Published in McCall’s magazine of February 1968, the survey said:

“To follow a single thread through 3,000 letters is not easy; but one such thread was so clear as to be unforgettable​—the surprising compassion extended to the homosexual.”​—P. 147.

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Contributing to the spread of homosexuality is the permissive attitude of growing numbers of clergymen