Views about environmental regulation 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 views about environmental protection

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Religious denominationStricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economyStricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the costNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA54%45%< 1%1%181
Assemblies of God53%39%3%4%320
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints58%37%3%2%377
Churches of Christ58%38%1%3%294
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)54%43%1%1%140
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)63%34%2%2%476
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod58%39%1%2%190
National Baptist Convention30%67%2%2%197
Nondenominational charismatic45%46%5%3%109
Nondenominational evangelical56%38%3%3%414
Nothing in particular (religion important)48%48%1%3%433
Nothing in particular (religion not important)46%47%4%3%312
Presbyterian Church (USA)58%34%3%5%109
Southern Baptist Convention55%40%3%3%1,191
United Methodist Church56%39%2%2%520
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