Roughly one-third of evangelical Protestants say casual sex between consenting evangelical adults is always or sometimes acceptable % ofU.S. adults who say casual sex between consenting adults who are not in a committed relationship is regardless of whether they would do it themselves sometimes Always/ Always Sometimes Rarely Never never
Among those who are religiously unaffiliated, meanwhile, the vast majority (84%) say casual sex is sometimes or always acceptable, including roughly nine-in-ten atheists (94%) and agnostics (95%) who say this. The religiously unaffiliated, also known as “nones,” are those who describe themselves, religiously, as atheist, agnostic or as “nothing in particular.”
Roughly one-third of evangelical Protestants say  | casual sex between consenting evangelical adults is always or  | sometimes acceptable  | % ofU.S. adults who say casual sex between consenting adults  | who are not in a committed relationship is  | acceptable,  | regardless of whether they would do it themselves  | NET  | NET sometimes Always/  | Rarely  | sometimes Always/ Always Sometimes Rarely Never  | never  | Christian  | 50% 18%  | 32%  | 17%  | 33%  | 50%  | Protestant  | 45  | 55  | 14  | 30  | 18  | 37  | Evangelical  | 36  | 12  | 24  | 17  | 47  | 64  | Mainline  | 54  | 17  | 37  | 23  | 23  | 46  | Historically Black  | 56  | 18  | 38  | 12  | 31  | 43  | Catholic  | 62  | 15  | 26  | 36  | 22  | 37  | Unaffiliated  | 84  | 50  | 33  | 8 8  | 16  | Atheist  | 71  | 23  | 2 6  | 94  | 23  | 60  | 34  | Agnostic  | 95  | 5  | 11 11  | Nothing in particular  | 77  | 41  | 35  | 23  | Attend services religious monthly  | 35  | 12  | 24  | 17  | 47  | 64  | services religious monthly or more  | Attend services religious less  | 75  | 38  | 37  | 12 13  | 25  | services religious less than monthly  | Note: Those who did not answer are not shown. Figures for Jews, Muslims fand  | Tother non- Christian faiths not shown because the Figures survey did not obtain enough  | interviews with members of these rounding. groups to analyze separately. Figures may not  | add to subtotals indicated due to rounding.  | Source: Survey of U I.S adults conducted Oct. 16- 28, 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 