Interpreting scripture among independents and those who don't lean to either party by views about homosexuality (2014) Switch to: Views about homosexuality among independents and those who don't lean to either party by interpretation of scripture
% of independents and those who don't lean to either party who say the holy scripture is…
Views about homosexuality | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Should be accepted | 21% | 23% | 3% | 42% | 11% | 3,261 |
Should be discouraged | 51% | 23% | 5% | 14% | 7% | 1,644 |
Neither/both equally | 29% | 23% | 7% | 23% | 19% | 378 |
Don't know | 35% | 20% | 9% | 18% | 19% | 375 |
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