Political ideology 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 political ideology

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

Religious traditionConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
Catholic54%28%14%4%2,547
Evangelical Protestant67%20%8%5%5,738
Historically Black Protestant42%31%21%6%994
Jehovah's Witness22%16%7%55%188
Jewish64%28%6%2%119
Mainline Protestant58%29%8%6%2,103
Mormon72%22%3%2%468
Muslim26%39%28%6%117
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")38%32%20%10%1,117
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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