Belief in Heaven 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 heaven

% of adults who say homosexuality should be discouraged who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA91%5%4%181
Assemblies of God90%3%7%320
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints97%1%1%377
Churches of Christ95%2%3%294
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)93%4%3%140
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)90%4%5%476
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod87%5%8%190
National Baptist Convention96%2%3%197
Nondenominational charismatic87%6%7%109
Nondenominational evangelical83%8%9%414
Nothing in particular (religion important)77%14%9%433
Nothing in particular (religion not important)42%44%14%312
Presbyterian Church (USA)86%3%11%109
Southern Baptist Convention88%5%7%1,191
United Methodist Church89%4%7%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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