Although people who follow the Catholic faith in both countries recognize the Vatican's guidelines, in many areas Catholics in European countries have not waited the Vatican verdict but considered more consistent with civil laws. A good example might be the same-sex marriage law. In Luxembourg, a predominantly Catholic country, the law on same-sex marriage was adopted before the Vatican could take a position on the subject. A recent survey by the PEW Research Center also found that American Catholics view European Catholics as less conservative than Americans.1- George Murdock was an American-born anthropologist whose work on the study of cultures has brought major concepts to the study of the human sciences in relation to their lifestyles. “anthropology” anthropology.ua.edu. University of Alabama. Department of Anthropology, 2009. Web. September 23, 20152- George Murdock's concept of the "cultural universal" focused on many aspects of what people experienced, these concepts included religion, rituals, arts, laws, etc. In fact, the cultural universal covers everything that people experienced, in addition, it also elaborated finding similarities and differences in the intercultural environment