Immigrant status 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 immigrant status

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

Religious traditionImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
Buddhist23%22%55%234
Catholic28%15%57%4,886
Evangelical Protestant9%9%83%2,877
Hindu85%13%2%126
Historically Black Protestant5%4%91%930
Jewish9%21%70%723
Mainline Protestant6%8%86%4,007
Mormon11%8%81%224
Muslim54%23%23%111
Orthodox Christian35%24%41%115
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")12%13%75%6,254
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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