Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Evangelical Protestants who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage who say the holy scripture is…
Religious family | 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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Adventist Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 56% | 32% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 120 |
Baptist Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 69% | 21% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 2,211 |
Holiness Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 70% | 21% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 186 |
Lutheran Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 53% | 34% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 342 |
Nondenominational Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 61% | 29% | 6% | 3% | 2% | 1,051 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 62% | 22% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 266 |
Pentecostal Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 77% | 16% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 821 |
Presbyterian Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 53% | 32% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 165 |
Restorationist Family (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 28% | 3% | 8% | 3% | 352 |
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