Interpreting scripture among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by generational group (2014) Switch to: Generational cohort among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by interpretation of scripture
% of who strongly favor or favor gay marriage who say the holy scripture is…
Generational cohort | 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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Younger Millennial | 12% | 28% | 1% | 54% | 4% | 2,364 |
Older Millennial | 13% | 22% | 1% | 56% | 8% | 2,770 |
Generation X | 17% | 25% | 1% | 49% | 7% | 4,128 |
Baby Boomer | 17% | 26% | 2% | 47% | 8% | 6,550 |
Silent | 14% | 29% | 3% | 43% | 11% | 2,418 |
Greatest | 24% | 23% | < 1% | 42% | 10% | 189 |
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