Views about same-sex marriage among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who read scripture at least once a week by views about same-sex marriage

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who …same-sex marriage

Religious denominationStrongly favor/favorOppose/strongly opposeDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA36%56%8%237
Assemblies of God14%82%4%359
Church of God in Christ19%74%7%115
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints18%75%6%499
Churches of Christ19%76%6%303
Episcopal Church69%21%10%113
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)48%42%10%188
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)22%73%6%509
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)37%56%8%138
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod34%60%6%182
National Baptist Convention27%66%7%318
Nondenominational charismatic22%74%3%142
Nondenominational evangelical15%79%6%500
Nothing in particular (religion important)41%49%10%426
Nothing in particular (religion not important)53%34%13%112
Presbyterian Church (USA)37%54%9%168
Seventh-day Adventist18%68%14%122
Southern Baptist Convention16%79%5%1,211
United Methodist Church38%52%9%640
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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