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% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who say the holy scripture is…

StateWord of God; should be taken literallyWord of God; not everything taken literallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample size
Alabama65%23%5%4%3%270
Arizona47%38%3%8%4%176
Arkansas60%25%2%7%6%149
California50%27%2%15%6%865
Colorado59%23%4%12%2%124
Florida54%23%3%13%7%580
Georgia63%24%3%5%5%377
Idaho48%36%1%10%6%112
Illinois51%28%4%12%5%386
Indiana56%27%4%8%4%234
Iowa41%34%5%13%7%122
Kansas49%32%7%4%7%112
Kentucky64%19%4%11%3%206
Louisiana61%19%5%9%6%175
Maryland49%29%5%9%9%164
Michigan53%28%3%12%4%307
Minnesota52%27%2%15%4%178
Mississippi68%19%5%4%5%168
Missouri54%27%5%10%5%231
Montana41%35%7%12%5%107
Nebraska50%38%3%6%3%107
New Jersey48%25%7%14%7%194
New York46%27%3%17%7%419
North Carolina54%25%5%10%6%364
North Dakota41%35%2%15%7%132
Ohio51%29%6%9%4%375
Oklahoma53%25%4%14%4%178
Oregon42%38%7%10%3%109
Pennsylvania58%27%4%9%3%401
South Carolina70%18%1%5%6%206
South Dakota47%30%4%9%11%104
Tennessee63%20%6%5%5%350
Texas61%23%3%9%4%962
Utah31%58%7%1%4%126
Virginia66%18%5%7%4%288
Washington49%31%4%11%5%182
West Virginia63%24%4%5%4%142
Wisconsin58%25%4%11%3%188
Wyoming56%23%2%12%6%126
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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