Interpreting scripture among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by frequency of reading scripture (2014) Switch to: Frequency of reading scripture among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by interpretation of scripture
% of who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage who say the holy scripture is…
Frequency of reading scripture | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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At least once a week | 64% | 25% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 7,803 |
Once or twice a month | 49% | 33% | 3% | 8% | 6% | 1,370 |
Several times a year | 40% | 36% | 4% | 15% | 6% | 940 |
Seldom/never | 29% | 30% | 2% | 31% | 8% | 3,458 |
Don't know | 51% | 20% | 9% | 4% | 17% | 131 |
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