Views about same-sex marriage among parents by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among parents by views about same-sex marriage

% of parents who …same-sex marriage

Religious denominationStrongly favor/favorOppose/strongly opposeDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA45%51%4%108
Assemblies of God24%71%5%124
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints26%67%7%237
Churches of Christ33%60%7%122
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)75%22%3%114
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)39%56%5%212
National Baptist Convention46%44%10%101
Nondenominational evangelical23%70%7%235
Nothing in particular (religion important)61%29%11%572
Nothing in particular (religion not important)81%13%6%652
Southern Baptist Convention27%69%4%374
United Methodist Church55%39%6%312
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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