Views about homosexuality among adults who say religion is very important by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who say religion is very important by views about homosexuality
% of adults who say religion is very important who say homosexuality…
Religious tradition | Should be accepted | Should be discouraged | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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Catholic | 63% | 28% | 5% | 5% | 4,220 |
Evangelical Protestant | 30% | 62% | 5% | 4% | 6,904 |
Historically Black Protestant | 48% | 43% | 6% | 4% | 1,641 |
Jehovah's Witness | 11% | 81% | 4% | 4% | 224 |
Jewish | 61% | 34% | 4% | 1% | 279 |
Mainline Protestant | 57% | 34% | 6% | 4% | 3,317 |
Mormon | 29% | 64% | 5% | 3% | 559 |
Muslim | 33% | 60% | 4% | 4% | 154 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 58% | 33% | 4% | 5% | 826 |
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