Interpreting scripture among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status 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…
Marital status | 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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Married | 13% | 28% | 1% | 50% | 8% | 8,780 |
Living with a partner | 16% | 18% | 1% | 58% | 7% | 1,563 |
Divorced/separated | 21% | 25% | 2% | 44% | 8% | 2,462 |
Widowed | 23% | 29% | 3% | 35% | 11% | 1,242 |
Never married | 14% | 26% | 1% | 53% | 6% | 4,588 |
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