Views about same-sex marriage among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by views about same-sex marriage

% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who …same-sex marriage

Religious denominationStrongly favor/favorOppose/strongly opposeDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA34%60%6%233
Assemblies of God14%83%3%336
Church of God in Christ18%77%5%110
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints24%70%7%201
Churches of Christ17%75%8%249
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)30%66%3%118
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)16%78%6%473
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod30%65%5%190
National Baptist Convention28%63%8%301
Nondenominational charismatic21%73%6%101
Nondenominational evangelical15%80%5%359
Nothing in particular (religion important)36%54%10%436
Southern Baptist Convention13%81%6%1,157
United Methodist Church23%70%7%393
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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