Political ideology 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 political ideology

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

Religious denominationConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA36%38%21%5%238
Assemblies of God36%38%24%2%110
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints45%36%16%3%212
Churches of Christ34%34%21%11%172
Episcopal Church25%40%33%3%414
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)26%45%26%3%467
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)33%42%20%6%284
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)24%42%35%< 1%107
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod39%44%14%3%231
National Baptist Convention37%35%23%4%228
Nondenominational evangelical35%45%17%3%228
Nothing in particular (religion important)23%39%29%9%1,414
Nothing in particular (religion not important)14%37%41%8%2,509
Presbyterian Church (USA)28%40%30%1%288
Southern Baptist Convention45%31%19%5%515
Spiritual but not religious13%34%45%7%103
Unitarian3%21%76%< 1%157
United Church of Christ17%46%36%1%190
United Methodist Church30%47%21%2%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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