Interpreting scripture among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by region (2014) Switch to: Region 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…
Region | 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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Northeast | 12% | 24% | 1% | 56% | 7% | 4,100 |
South | 19% | 27% | 2% | 45% | 7% | 5,729 |
Midwest | 14% | 30% | 1% | 47% | 8% | 3,857 |
West | 13% | 23% | 1% | 55% | 8% | 5,022 |
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