Views about government aid to the poor 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 views about government aid to the poor

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who say government aid to the poor…

Religious traditionDoes more harm than goodDoes more good than harmNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic56%39%3%2%1,696
Evangelical Protestant63%32%3%2%4,943
Historically Black Protestant28%66%4%2%793
Jehovah's Witness33%59%5%3%187
Mainline Protestant62%31%4%3%1,553
Mormon69%27%3%1%386
Muslim37%53%5%5%108
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")54%41%3%2%847
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