Marital status among adults who say homosexuality should be accepted by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say homosexuality should be accepted by marital status

% of adults who say homosexuality should be accepted who are…

Religious traditionMarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced/separatedWidowedNever marriedSample size
Buddhist35%12%11%2%41%234
Catholic50%9%12%6%23%4,916
Evangelical Protestant45%8%16%6%24%2,906
Hindu55%3%5%< 1%37%126
Historically Black Protestant27%6%18%7%43%941
Jewish56%6%8%6%24%722
Mainline Protestant53%7%12%8%20%4,027
Mormon64%6%9%3%18%225
Muslim29%6%10%< 1%55%111
Orthodox Christian44%8%6%4%38%116
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")37%12%11%2%38%6,318
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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