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Although many lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults feel that most major faiths are unwelcoming to their community<\/a>, a majority of LGB adults are religiously affiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study<\/a>. But they are much less likely to be Christian than the general public and are more drawn to smaller, non-Christian denominations.<\/p>\n\n

About 5% of the\u00a02014 Religious Landscape Study’s\u00a035,000-plus respondents identified themselves as members of the LGB population. Of\u00a0that group,\u00a059% said they are religiously affiliated. But only 48% of them\u00a0reported belonging to a Christian faith group, compared with 71% of the general public.<\/p>\n\n

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In another contrast, while only 6% of the general public affiliates with a non-Christian faith, almost twice as many (11%) gay, lesbian and bisexual adults do so. And almost half of these gay, lesbian and bisexual adults (or 5% of adults overall) said they belong to one of the smaller faith groups, including Unitarian Universalist and other liberal faith traditions (2.9%) and New Age groups (2.4%), such as Wiccans and pagans. The Jewish and Buddhist faiths also attracted small percentages (2% each) of LGB adults.<\/p>\n\n

LGB adults also differ from the general public in that they are much more likely to be unaffiliated (41%), almost twice the rate of Americans overall (22.8%), the study found.<\/p>\n\n

In 2013, Pew Research Center surveyed the attitudes of LGBT Americans, including their views of religion. Even though the LGBT survey uses a somewhat different methodology and includes a small number of transgender Americans (the current study did not include a question about transgender identity), some of its data on religion adds interesting context to the affiliation data on gays, lesbians and bisexuals contained in the 2014 Religious Landscape Study.<\/p>\n\n

For instance, the 2013 survey found that many LGBT adults regard major faith groups as \u201cunfriendly\u201d<\/a> to their community. Large majorities said that they perceived Islam and the Mormon Church (84% and 83% respectively) as unfriendly to LGBT people. Likewise, 79% saw the Catholic Church as unfriendly, and 73% said the same of evangelical churches.<\/p>\n\n

In addition, the 2013 survey found that roughly three-in-ten LGBT adults (29%) said they personally were made to feel unwelcome in a religious organization.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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