Interpreting scripture among who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition 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…
Religious tradition | 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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Catholic | 36% | 38% | 3% | 16% | 7% | 2,547 |
Evangelical Protestant | 66% | 23% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5,738 |
Historically Black Protestant | 70% | 19% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 994 |
Jehovah's Witness | 46% | 41% | 7% | 1% | 4% | 188 |
Jewish | 39% | 37% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 119 |
Mainline Protestant | 42% | 34% | 4% | 13% | 7% | 2,103 |
Mormon | 32% | 58% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 468 |
Muslim | 56% | 25% | 10% | 6% | 3% | 117 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 30% | 19% | 2% | 41% | 9% | 1,117 |
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