Views about homosexuality among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by views about homosexuality

% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty who say homosexuality…

Religious traditionShould be acceptedShould be discouragedNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic66%26%4%4%4,775
Evangelical Protestant33%59%5%4%7,594
Historically Black Protestant50%41%6%4%1,694
Jehovah's Witness14%78%4%3%221
Jewish60%35%4%1%277
Mainline Protestant60%31%5%4%3,989
Mormon32%61%4%3%576
Muslim39%54%3%4%192
Orthodox Christian49%40%5%5%113
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")69%23%4%4%1,805
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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