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

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

Religious traditionReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Catholic45%6%38%8%2%1,696
Evangelical Protestant73%3%21%2%2%4,943
Historically Black Protestant60%6%29%3%2%793
Jehovah's Witness83%1%9%3%4%187
Mainline Protestant45%5%44%4%2%1,553
Mormon73%2%19%2%4%386
Muslim44%7%38%6%4%108
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")23%8%55%11%2%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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