Generational cohort 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 generational group

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who are…

Religious traditionYounger MillennialOlder MillennialGeneration XBaby BoomerSilentGreatestSample size
Catholic7%8%26%35%20%3%1,655
Evangelical Protestant7%10%26%38%17%2%4,832
Historically Black Protestant8%12%30%36%13%1%767
Jehovah's Witness10%11%28%31%19%1%181
Mainline Protestant7%7%20%40%23%4%1,513
Mormon15%18%28%25%13%1%380
Muslim26%23%33%12%7%< 1%106
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")10%18%33%30%9%1%830
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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