Majority of white evangelicals say American society has gone too far in evangelicals accepting transgender people % who say our society has in accepting transg ender people
Religious differences also extend to questions about societal acceptance of transgender people. Most white evangelical Protestants (61%) say society has “gone too far” when it comes to accepting people who are transgender. And Pew Research Center polling conducted in the summer of 2016 found that seven-in-ten white evangelical Protestants think that transgender people should be required to use the public restrooms that correspond with their birth gender.
By comparison, other Christian groups are more evenly divided on these questions. And most religious “nones” (57%) say society has “not gone far enough” when it comes to accepting people who are transgender, and that transgender individuals should be allowed to use public restrooms corresponding to their current gender identity (70%).
Majority of white evangelicals say American society  | has gone too far in evangelicals accepting transgender people  | % who say our society has  | in accepting transg ender people  | far Not enough gone  | Been  | Gone  | far enough gone about right  | too far Ref  | Christian  | 28%  | 31%  | 39%  | 3%  | 26  | 3  | Protestant  | 27  | 44  | Li 4 I 2 2  | White evangelical  | 23  | 12  | 61  | White mainline  | 34  | 32  | 33  | Black Protestant  | 40  | 29  | 27  | Catholic  | 34  | 37  | 27  | Unaffiliated  | 57  | 22  | 20  | Atheist) agnostic  | 65  | 19  | 16  | Nothing in pa reicular  | 52  | 24  | 23  | Note: Figures may not add to 100% due to rounding.  | Source: Survey of U.S adults cond lucted Aug 8-21 and Sept. 14-28, 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 