Views about homosexuality among adults who attend services weekly or more by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious tradition among adults who attend services weekly or more by views about homosexuality

% of adults who attend services weekly or more who say homosexuality…

Religious traditionShould be acceptedShould be discouragedNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
Catholic60%31%5%4%3,092
Evangelical Protestant24%67%5%4%5,177
Historically Black Protestant42%48%6%4%1,070
Jehovah's Witness12%80%4%4%207
Jewish54%40%4%2%148
Mainline Protestant55%36%5%4%2,192
Mormon29%63%4%3%514
Muslim35%57%5%2%105
Unaffiliated (religious "nones")49%40%6%6%284
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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