Sources of guidance on right and wrong 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 sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of adults who say homosexuality should be accepted who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Buddhist6%31%42%16%5%235
Catholic24%11%52%11%2%4,929
Evangelical Protestant40%9%44%5%2%2,912
Hindu3%23%51%22%1%126
Historically Black Protestant36%6%50%6%2%944
Jewish10%18%52%16%4%726
Mainline Protestant22%13%55%8%2%4,042
Mormon49%6%35%9%2%225
Muslim27%11%35%22%4%111
Orthodox Christian19%21%48%10%3%116
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")4%19%57%18%2%6,338
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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