Belief in Hell among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by belief in hell

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who …in hell

Religious traditionBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
Catholic75%18%7%1,696
Evangelical Protestant87%7%6%4,943
Historically Black Protestant89%6%5%793
Jehovah's Witness5%92%3%187
Mainline Protestant75%16%9%1,553
Mormon67%26%7%386
Muslim86%11%3%108
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")50%42%8%847
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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