Views about same-sex marriage 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 same-sex marriage
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who …same-sex marriage
Religious denomination | Strongly favor/favor | Oppose/strongly oppose | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 55% | 39% | 6% | 132 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 21% | 74% | 5% | 354 |
Churches of Christ | 39% | 57% | 4% | 162 |
Episcopal Church | 73% | 20% | 7% | 159 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 69% | 24% | 7% | 280 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 46% | 46% | 8% | 215 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 51% | 42% | 8% | 177 |
National Baptist Convention | 47% | 45% | 8% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 37% | 60% | 4% | 236 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 63% | 30% | 7% | 468 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 71% | 24% | 6% | 212 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 61% | 32% | 7% | 172 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 34% | 60% | 6% | 430 |
United Methodist Church | 53% | 39% | 8% | 686 |
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