Views about homosexuality among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by views about homosexuality
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who say homosexuality…
Religious denomination | Should be accepted | Should be discouraged | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 71% | 25% | 1% | 3% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 34% | 60% | 4% | 2% | 354 |
Churches of Christ | 47% | 46% | 4% | 3% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 80% | 14% | 5% | 1% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 79% | 18% | 2% | 1% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 56% | 34% | 7% | 3% | 215 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 67% | 28% | 2% | 4% | 177 |
National Baptist Convention | 63% | 30% | 6% | < 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 49% | 47% | 3% | 2% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 73% | 21% | 4% | 2% | 468 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 76% | 18% | 4% | 2% | 212 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 71% | 19% | 5% | 5% | 172 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 45% | 49% | 4% | 2% | 430 |
United Methodist Church | 67% | 27% | 4% | 2% | 686 |
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