Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say homosexuality should be accepted by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say homosexuality should be accepted by views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who say homosexuality should be accepted who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Buddhist19%75%5%1%235
Catholic43%52%3%1%4,929
Evangelical Protestant47%48%3%1%2,912
Hindu31%62%6%1%126
Historically Black Protestant26%68%4%2%944
Jewish25%71%3%1%726
Mainline Protestant42%53%3%2%4,042
Mormon57%40%2%1%225
Muslim23%73%2%2%111
Orthodox Christian48%47%5%< 1%116
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")33%62%3%2%6,338
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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