Views about human evolution 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 views about human evolution
% of adults who say homosexuality should be accepted who say humans…
Religious tradition | Evolved; due to natural processes | Evolved; due to God's design | Evolved; don't know how | Always existed in present form | Don't know | Sample size |
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Buddhist | 69% | 13% | 6% | 11% | 1% | 235 |
Catholic | 36% | 32% | 4% | 25% | 3% | 4,929 |
Evangelical Protestant | 18% | 37% | 3% | 38% | 3% | 2,912 |
Hindu | 71% | 15% | 4% | 10% | < 1% | 126 |
Historically Black Protestant | 19% | 35% | 2% | 41% | 3% | 944 |
Jewish | 67% | 17% | 5% | 9% | 1% | 726 |
Mainline Protestant | 35% | 34% | 6% | 21% | 4% | 4,042 |
Mormon | 20% | 37% | 1% | 37% | 5% | 225 |
Muslim | 35% | 29% | 4% | 33% | < 1% | 111 |
Orthodox Christian | 41% | 26% | 6% | 21% | 6% | 116 |
Unaffiliated (religious "nones") | 70% | 13% | 4% | 11% | 2% | 6,338 |
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