Views about homosexuality among who believe in Heaven by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among who believe in Heaven by views about homosexuality

% of who believe in Heaven who say homosexuality…

Religious traditionShould be acceptedShould be discouragedNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic68%24%4%4%6,083
Evangelical Protestant37%55%4%4%7,452
Historically Black Protestant51%40%6%4%1,761
Jehovah's Witness17%73%6%4%126
Jewish64%31%4%1%288
Mainline Protestant64%28%5%3%4,683
Mormon35%58%4%2%626
Muslim41%51%5%3%202
Orthodox Christian58%36%4%3%138
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")74%19%3%4%2,430
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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