Belief in God among adults who say homosexuality should be accepted by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say homosexuality should be accepted by belief in God

% of adults who say homosexuality should be accepted who say they…

Religious denominationBelieve in God; absolutely certainBelieve in God; fairly certainBelieve in God; not too/not at all certainBelieve in God; don't knowDo not believe in GodOther/don't know if they believe in GodSample size
American Baptist Churches USA79%19%1%< 1%1%< 1%238
Assemblies of God82%14%3%1%< 1%< 1%110
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints78%16%5%< 1%1%1%212
Churches of Christ72%24%2%< 1%< 1%2%172
Episcopal Church54%33%6%2%3%1%414
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)61%33%3%< 1%1%1%467
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)79%18%2%< 1%< 1%< 1%284
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)66%31%3%< 1%< 1%< 1%107
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod74%24%2%< 1%< 1%< 1%231
National Baptist Convention86%11%1%< 1%< 1%1%228
Nondenominational evangelical84%14%2%< 1%< 1%< 1%228
Nothing in particular (religion important)55%31%7%< 1%4%2%1,414
Nothing in particular (religion not important)16%25%16%1%35%7%2,509
Presbyterian Church (USA)60%34%4%1%1%1%288
Southern Baptist Convention81%15%3%1%< 1%< 1%515
Spiritual but not religious60%29%3%< 1%7%1%103
Unitarian19%25%20%< 1%27%8%157
United Church of Christ61%33%2%< 1%1%3%190
United Methodist Church64%28%6%< 1%1%1%986
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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