Views about same-sex marriage among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by views about size of government (2014) Switch to: Views about size of government among adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men by views about same-sex marriage

% of adults who say their holy scripture is not the word of God, but written by men who …same-sex marriage

Views about size of governmentStrongly favor/favorOppose/strongly opposeDon't knowSample size
Smaller government; fewer services76%19%6%5,844
Bigger government; more services87%9%3%5,399
Depends82%7%11%452
Don't know81%7%12%437
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