Sources of guidance on right and wrong among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by state (2014) Switch to: State among adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged by sources of guidance on right and wrong
% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong
State | Religion | Philosophy/reason | Common sense | Science | Don't know | Sample size |
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Alabama | 62% | 2% | 30% | 2% | 4% | 270 |
Arizona | 58% | 2% | 33% | 6% | 1% | 176 |
Arkansas | 68% | 5% | 23% | 3% | 2% | 149 |
California | 56% | 6% | 30% | 6% | 3% | 865 |
Colorado | 63% | 7% | 23% | 5% | 3% | 124 |
Florida | 53% | 4% | 37% | 4% | 2% | 580 |
Georgia | 66% | 5% | 25% | 3% | 2% | 377 |
Idaho | 61% | < 1% | 34% | 1% | 5% | 112 |
Illinois | 49% | 6% | 38% | 6% | 2% | 386 |
Indiana | 55% | 5% | 34% | 4% | 2% | 234 |
Iowa | 52% | 4% | 40% | 2% | 2% | 122 |
Kansas | 62% | 1% | 31% | 5% | 1% | 112 |
Kentucky | 62% | 1% | 33% | 3% | 1% | 206 |
Louisiana | 63% | 7% | 27% | 2% | 2% | 175 |
Maryland | 60% | 2% | 36% | 1% | 2% | 164 |
Michigan | 58% | 5% | 30% | 4% | 3% | 307 |
Minnesota | 52% | 4% | 40% | 3% | 1% | 178 |
Mississippi | 66% | 5% | 25% | 2% | 2% | 168 |
Missouri | 63% | 4% | 25% | 4% | 4% | 231 |
Montana | 55% | 1% | 33% | 4% | 6% | 107 |
Nebraska | 55% | 3% | 36% | 5% | 1% | 107 |
New Jersey | 56% | 4% | 30% | 7% | 3% | 194 |
New York | 50% | 6% | 35% | 7% | 2% | 419 |
North Carolina | 63% | 5% | 25% | 4% | 3% | 364 |
North Dakota | 43% | 2% | 46% | 8% | 1% | 132 |
Ohio | 54% | 6% | 33% | 4% | 3% | 375 |
Oklahoma | 61% | 4% | 33% | 1% | 1% | 178 |
Oregon | 59% | 7% | 24% | 8% | 2% | 109 |
Pennsylvania | 59% | 3% | 33% | 4% | 1% | 401 |
South Carolina | 64% | 4% | 25% | 2% | 5% | 206 |
South Dakota | 48% | 5% | 40% | 6% | < 1% | 104 |
Tennessee | 61% | 3% | 29% | 3% | 4% | 350 |
Texas | 64% | 5% | 25% | 5% | 2% | 962 |
Utah | 77% | 1% | 17% | 3% | 2% | 126 |
Virginia | 61% | 4% | 30% | 3% | 2% | 288 |
Washington | 61% | 3% | 28% | 3% | 4% | 182 |
West Virginia | 66% | 3% | 28% | 1% | 2% | 142 |
Wisconsin | 57% | 1% | 36% | 4% | 2% | 188 |
Wyoming | 59% | 1% | 35% | 2% | 3% | 126 |
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