Racial and ethnic composition 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 race/ethnicity

% of adults who say homosexuality should be accepted who identify as…

Religious traditionWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
Buddhist48%3%28%13%8%233
Catholic57%2%3%35%2%4,886
Evangelical Protestant72%7%2%13%6%2,890
Hindu3%3%91%< 1%2%126
Historically Black Protestant1%95%< 1%4%< 1%944
Jewish93%1%1%4%2%718
Mainline Protestant86%3%1%5%4%4,000
Mormon81%< 1%1%12%5%223
Muslim41%24%29%5%1%110
Orthodox Christian84%5%3%7%1%115
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")71%7%5%12%4%6,251
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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