Views about size of government among Evangelical Protestants who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage by views about size of government

% of Evangelical Protestants who oppose or strongly oppose gay marriage who would rather have…

Religious denominationSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God66%27%2%5%363
Churches of Christ65%30%2%3%332
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)75%21%2%2%543
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)69%26%4%1%110
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod84%13%1%2%239
Nondenominational charismatic66%22%7%5%127
Nondenominational evangelical84%12%2%1%487
Seventh-day Adventist47%47%2%3%108
Southern Baptist Convention77%20%2%2%1,350
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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