Interpreting scripture among whites by views about homosexuality (2014) Switch to: Views about homosexuality among whites by interpretation of scripture
% of whites 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 | 12% | 28% | 1% | 51% | 7% | 15,544 |
Should be discouraged | 53% | 28% | 4% | 10% | 4% | 7,696 |
Neither/both equally | 30% | 30% | 6% | 21% | 13% | 923 |
Don't know | 33% | 28% | 7% | 18% | 14% | 737 |
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