Views about homosexuality among third generation immigrants or higher by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among third generation immigrants or higher by views about homosexuality

% of third generation immigrants or higher who say homosexuality…

Religious denominationShould be acceptedShould be discouragedNeither/both equallyDon't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church61%32%4%4%109
American Baptist Churches USA55%36%6%2%405
Assemblies of God24%69%4%2%352
Church of God in Christ40%50%5%5%135
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints34%58%5%3%555
Churches of Christ33%60%3%3%436
Episcopal Church82%12%4%2%424
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)73%23%3%1%575
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)38%54%4%4%734
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)44%46%7%3%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)69%25%4%2%116
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod58%35%3%3%409
National Baptist Convention55%37%4%4%431
Nondenominational charismatic35%57%5%3%161
Nondenominational evangelical35%60%4%2%563
Nothing in particular (religion important)70%22%4%4%1,525
Nothing in particular (religion not important)83%12%3%3%2,266
Presbyterian Church (USA)66%26%4%4%377
Presbyterian Church in America47%43%4%6%138
Southern Baptist Convention30%63%4%3%1,754
Spiritual but not religious81%9%6%3%106
Unitarian98%1%< 1%1%135
United Church of Christ85%15%< 1%< 1%195
United Methodist Church60%33%4%3%1,504
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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