Interpreting scripture among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by political party (2014) Switch to: Party affiliation 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…
Party affiliation | 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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Republican/lean Rep. | 51% | 31% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 7,938 |
No lean | 50% | 23% | 5% | 14% | 8% | 2,019 |
Democrat/lean Dem. | 54% | 25% | 3% | 12% | 6% | 3,745 |
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