Educational distribution among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by views about homosexuality (2014) Switch to: Views about homosexuality among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by educational group

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who have completed…

Views about homosexualityHigh school or lessSome collegeCollegePost-graduate degreeSample size
Should be accepted37%33%19%12%5,851
Should be discouraged39%34%17%10%2,966
Neither/both equally33%35%19%12%414
Don't know41%33%17%9%278
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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