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Views about homosexualityAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingSample size
Should be accepted1%< 1%2%1%14%2%1%< 1%< 1%7%3%< 1%< 1%4%2%1%1%1%1%< 1%2%3%3%2%1%2%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%3%1%8%3%< 1%3%1%1%4%< 1%1%< 1%1%8%1%< 1%3%2%< 1%2%< 1%9,744
Should be discouraged2%< 1%1%1%13%1%1%< 1%< 1%6%4%< 1%< 1%4%2%1%1%2%2%< 1%2%1%2%1%2%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%3%1%7%3%< 1%2%1%1%4%< 1%2%< 1%3%11%< 1%< 1%2%1%1%1%< 1%2,899
Neither/both equally2%< 1%4%2%13%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%7%4%< 1%< 1%5%1%< 1%1%2%3%< 1%3%2%4%1%2%1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%3%1%10%6%< 1%4%1%2%2%< 1%1%< 1%1%7%< 1%< 1%1%1%1%< 1%< 1%345
Don't know3%< 1%1%2%15%3%1%< 1%< 1%8%4%< 1%< 1%4%2%< 1%< 1%2%2%< 1%1%1%3%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%3%< 1%9%5%< 1%3%1%1%3%1%2%< 1%2%10%1%< 1%1%1%1%2%< 1%351
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