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

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged 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 USA89%9%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%181
Assemblies of God95%4%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%320
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints92%7%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%377
Churches of Christ87%8%4%1%< 1%< 1%294
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)79%18%2%1%< 1%< 1%140
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)93%5%1%< 1%< 1%1%476
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod88%11%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%190
National Baptist Convention95%3%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%197
Nondenominational charismatic93%4%2%1%< 1%< 1%109
Nondenominational evangelical96%4%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%414
Nothing in particular (religion important)71%19%6%1%2%1%433
Nothing in particular (religion not important)31%25%13%1%24%7%312
Presbyterian Church (USA)84%10%1%3%1%1%109
Southern Baptist Convention94%5%< 1%< 1%< 1%1%1,191
United Methodist Church82%14%1%1%< 1%1%520
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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