Parent of children under 18 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 parental status

% of who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage who are…

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic30%70%2,538
Evangelical Protestant30%70%5,711
Historically Black Protestant30%70%989
Jehovah's Witness27%73%187
Jewish35%65%119
Mainline Protestant23%77%2,096
Mormon40%60%466
Muslim44%56%117
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")27%73%1,113
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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