Religious groups on same-sex marriage

As the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on legalizing same-sex marriage this week, the Public Religion Research Institute released numbers showing that religious groups in this country are increasingly supportive of same-sex marriages. In 2003, 36 percent of white mainline Protestants and 35 percent of Catholics were in support, and today those numbers have grown to 62 and 60, respectively.

Faith / % favor or strongly favor / % oppose or strongly oppose / % don’t know or refuse

Unitarian Universalist / 94 /6 /0
Buddhist / 84 /14 /2
Jewish / 77 /18 /5
Unaffiliated / /77 /18 /5
White mainline Protestant / 62 /30 /8
Catholic / 60 /30 /9
Hindu / 54 /30 /14
Muslim / 42 /51 /7
Black Protestant / 38 /54 /9
White Evangelical Protestant / 28 /66 /6
Mormon / 27 /68 /6