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% of who strongly favor or favor gay marriage who say the holy scripture is…
State | 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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Alabama | 29% | 36% | 2% | 25% | 7% | 162 |
Alaska | 16% | 15% | 1% | 61% | 7% | 176 |
Arizona | 16% | 26% | 1% | 47% | 11% | 359 |
Arkansas | 25% | 31% | 2% | 38% | 4% | 107 |
California | 15% | 21% | 1% | 55% | 8% | 2,340 |
Colorado | 7% | 24% | 1% | 59% | 9% | 311 |
Connecticut | 12% | 29% | 1% | 50% | 7% | 273 |
Delaware | 5% | 29% | 3% | 56% | 7% | 184 |
District of Columbia | 16% | 17% | 1% | 58% | 8% | 216 |
Florida | 18% | 24% | 2% | 49% | 6% | 1,076 |
Georgia | 22% | 28% | 1% | 44% | 6% | 423 |
Hawaii | 15% | 22% | < 1% | 56% | 7% | 185 |
Idaho | 6% | 28% | 1% | 58% | 8% | 155 |
Illinois | 14% | 30% | < 1% | 49% | 7% | 753 |
Indiana | 20% | 27% | 1% | 45% | 7% | 300 |
Iowa | 13% | 34% | < 1% | 47% | 6% | 155 |
Kansas | 15% | 38% | < 1% | 40% | 6% | 142 |
Kentucky | 17% | 27% | 1% | 51% | 4% | 156 |
Louisiana | 28% | 28% | < 1% | 39% | 5% | 192 |
Maine | 9% | 20% | 1% | 60% | 10% | 204 |
Maryland | 14% | 26% | 1% | 53% | 6% | 394 |
Massachusetts | 7% | 19% | 1% | 66% | 7% | 514 |
Michigan | 14% | 29% | 2% | 47% | 9% | 506 |
Minnesota | 7% | 26% | 2% | 54% | 11% | 335 |
Missouri | 13% | 31% | 1% | 45% | 11% | 321 |
Montana | 9% | 32% | 2% | 49% | 7% | 163 |
Nebraska | 18% | 31% | 2% | 41% | 8% | 155 |
Nevada | 16% | 20% | 1% | 58% | 5% | 170 |
New Hampshire | 5% | 24% | 1% | 63% | 7% | 202 |
New Jersey | 12% | 27% | 2% | 52% | 7% | 527 |
New Mexico | 16% | 22% | 1% | 54% | 6% | 159 |
New York | 13% | 22% | 1% | 56% | 8% | 1,239 |
North Carolina | 19% | 27% | 1% | 46% | 7% | 461 |
North Dakota | 15% | 30% | 3% | 49% | 3% | 154 |
Ohio | 18% | 31% | 1% | 43% | 7% | 552 |
Oklahoma | 15% | 34% | < 1% | 44% | 7% | 151 |
Oregon | 11% | 25% | 1% | 55% | 8% | 252 |
Pennsylvania | 14% | 26% | 1% | 53% | 6% | 719 |
Rhode Island | 10% | 28% | < 1% | 60% | 2% | 192 |
South Carolina | 26% | 26% | 2% | 40% | 6% | 198 |
South Dakota | 20% | 32% | 1% | 34% | 13% | 147 |
Tennessee | 17% | 31% | 3% | 43% | 6% | 221 |
Texas | 18% | 28% | 1% | 44% | 8% | 1,132 |
Utah | 17% | 28% | 2% | 49% | 5% | 147 |
Vermont | 5% | 18% | 2% | 69% | 5% | 230 |
Virginia | 17% | 24% | 2% | 48% | 9% | 443 |
Washington | 8% | 24% | 2% | 60% | 7% | 454 |
West Virginia | 27% | 26% | 3% | 33% | 11% | 121 |
Wisconsin | 13% | 29% | 3% | 50% | 6% | 337 |
Wyoming | 13% | 27% | 4% | 46% | 10% | 151 |
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