Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who strongly favor or favor 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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Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 34% | 33% | 2% | 24% | 6% | 276 |
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 10% | 28% | 2% | 47% | 12% | 203 |
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.) | 7% | 34% | < 1% | 51% | 7% | 461 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 10% | 40% | 1% | 41% | 10% | 530 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 13% | 44% | 1% | 33% | 9% | 848 |
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.) | 6% | 38% | 2% | 42% | 13% | 255 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 10% | 29% | 1% | 46% | 14% | 372 |
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.) | 10% | 40% | 2% | 36% | 12% | 420 |
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