Views about same-sex marriage among adults in the Silent generation by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among adults in the Silent generation by views about same-sex marriage
% of adults in the Silent generation who …same-sex marriage
Interpreting scripture | Strongly favor/favor | Oppose/strongly oppose | Don't know | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 13% | 79% | 8% | 1,993 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 39% | 51% | 10% | 1,628 |
Word of God; other/don't know | 21% | 58% | 21% | 239 |
Not the word of God | 66% | 25% | 9% | 1,608 |
Other/don't know | 48% | 34% | 18% | 521 |
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