Belief in Heaven among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by belief in heaven

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

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Buddhist45%47%8%231
Catholic83%12%5%4,011
Evangelical Protestant89%6%5%2,227
Hindu48%46%5%126
Historically Black Protestant91%6%3%740
Jewish31%58%11%689
Mainline Protestant76%16%9%3,464
Mormon89%6%5%155
Muslim81%12%7%105
Orthodox Christian74%14%12%105
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")31%60%9%5,996
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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