Belief in Heaven among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by belief in heaven

% of who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage who …in heaven

Interpreting scriptureBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Word of God; should be taken literally91%5%5%6,782
Word of God; not everything taken literally90%6%5%4,073
Word of God; other/don't know83%4%14%554
Not the word of God56%35%9%1,584
Other/don't know70%11%19%709
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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