Parent of children under 18 among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by parental status

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

Religious traditionParentsNon-parentsSample size
Catholic28%72%1,687
Evangelical Protestant30%70%4,921
Historically Black Protestant30%70%789
Jehovah's Witness28%72%186
Mainline Protestant23%77%1,548
Mormon40%60%384
Muslim45%55%108
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")26%74%845
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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