accepting of homosexuality % saying homosexuality should be accepted by society 70 Catholic 66 Mainline Prot.
Amid a changing religious landscape that has seen a declining percentage of Americans who identify as Christian, a majority of U.S. Christians (54%) now say that homosexuality should be accepted, rather than discouraged, by society. While this is still considerably lower than the shares of religiously unaffiliated people (83%) and members of non-Christian faiths (76%) who say the same, the Christian figure has increased by 10 percentage points since we conducted a similar study in 2007. It reflects a growing acceptance of homosexuality among all Americans – from 50% to 62% – during the same period.
Regardless of age, seven-in-ten Catholics – whose church teaches that homosexual behavior is “intrinsically disordered” – say that homosexuality should be accepted by society, a 12-percentage-point increase since 2007. Similar jumps have occurred among mainline Protestants (from 56% to 66%), Orthodox Christians (from 48% to 62%) and members of the historically black Protestant tradition (from 39% to 51%).
Almost all Christian homosexuality groups now more  | accepting of homosexuality  | % saying homosexuality should be accepted  | by society  | 70 Catholic  | 66 Mainline Prot.  | 62 Orthodox Christian  | Orthodox Christian  | 58%  | 56  | 54 All Christians  | 51 Historically  | Black Prot.  | 48  | 44  | 39  | 36 Evangelical Prot.  | 36 Mormon  | 26  | 24  | 16 Jehovah's  | Witness  | 12  | 2007  | 2014  | Source: 2014 Religious Landscape Study,  | conducted June Religious 4-Sept. 30, 2014.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 