Interpreting scripture among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by views about homosexuality (2014) Switch to: Views about homosexuality among who strongly favor or favor gay marriage by interpretation of scripture
% of who strongly favor or favor gay marriage who say the holy scripture is…
Views about homosexuality | 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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Should be accepted | 14% | 26% | 1% | 52% | 7% | 17,351 |
Should be discouraged | 38% | 31% | 1% | 23% | 7% | 817 |
Neither/both equally | 19% | 30% | 5% | 28% | 18% | 328 |
Don't know | 30% | 21% | 6% | 28% | 14% | 212 |
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