Views about same-sex marriage among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm by views about same-sex marriage

% of adults who say that government aid to the poor does more good than harm who …same-sex marriage

Religious denominationStrongly favor/favorOppose/strongly opposeDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA56%39%6%225
Assemblies of God28%66%6%178
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints37%57%6%199
Churches of Christ37%58%5%221
Episcopal Church88%5%7%284
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)76%21%3%311
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)44%49%7%278
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod59%34%7%148
National Baptist Convention35%57%8%320
Nondenominational evangelical40%52%8%203
Nothing in particular (religion important)68%26%7%1,038
Nothing in particular (religion not important)87%9%4%1,707
Presbyterian Church (USA)71%24%6%238
Southern Baptist Convention32%59%9%572
Unitarian98%1%1%136
United Church of Christ82%13%5%142
United Methodist Church64%29%7%688
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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