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5 questions from 2 polls

Lifeway Researchfor Lifeway Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)General acceptanceparaphrasedSep 2, 2020 – Oct 2020
pastors on the morality of identifying with a gender different from birth sex

It is morally wrong for an individual to identify with a gender different from the biological sex they were born with. [Strongly agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly disagree / It's not a moral issue]

Agree 72%14% Disagree
Sample
1,007 U.S. Protestant pastors (senior/sole pastors of Protestant churches) · +/- 3.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures

Base: 502 completed by telephone and 505 online.

Wording notes: morality framingrestrictive direction onlyoffers a 'not a moral issue' escape option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • It's not a moral issue
Lifeway Researchfor Lifeway Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)Adult medical careparaphrasedSep 2, 2020 – Oct 2020
pastors on the morality of medical gender transition

It is morally wrong for an individual to physically change their gender through surgery or hormones. [Strongly agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly disagree / It's not a moral issue]

Agree 77%12% Disagree
Sample
1,007 U.S. Protestant pastors (senior/sole pastors of Protestant churches) · +/- 3.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 8 subgroup figures

Base: 502 completed by telephone and 505 online.

Wording notes: morality framingrestrictive direction onlyoffers a 'not a moral issue' escape option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Strongly agree
  • Agree
  • Disagree
  • Strongly disagree
  • It's not a moral issue
Lifeway Researchfor Lifeway Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)Contact & populationparaphrasedSep 2, 2020 – Oct 2020
pastors who personally know a transgender person

Do you know someone who is transgender? [Yes / No / Not that I know of]

Yes
48%
No
41%
Not that I know of
11%
Sample
1,007 U.S. Protestant pastors (senior/sole pastors of Protestant churches) · +/- 3.4 percentage points
Method
mixed-mode probability
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record

Base: 502 completed by telephone and 505 online.

Wording notes: three-way response set separates a firm 'no' from 'not that I know of'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Yes
  • No
  • Not that I know of
Lifeway Researchfor LifeWay Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)General acceptanceparaphrasedSep 14–28, 2015
morality of identifying with a gender different from birth sex

It is morally wrong to identify with a gender different from the gender one was born with. [Agree / Disagree / It's not a moral issue]

Disagree / not wrong
45%
Morally wrong
35%
It's not a moral issue
14%
Not sure
6%
Sample
1,000 adults · +/- 3.6 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 4 subgroup figures
Wording notes: morality framingoffers an explicit not-a-moral-issue escape option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Agree (morally wrong)
  • Disagree
  • It's not a moral issue
  • Not sure
Lifeway Researchfor LifeWay Christian Resources (Southern Baptist Convention)Adult medical careparaphrasedSep 14–28, 2015
morality of medical transition via hormones or surgery

It is morally wrong to change one's birth gender by taking hormones or having surgery. [Agree / Disagree / It's not a moral issue]

Disagree / not wrong
43%
Morally wrong
42%
It's not a moral issue
11%
Sample
1,000 adults · +/- 3.6 percentage points
Method
probability RDD
Where
US national
Source
Pollster release(opens another site)
Full record · 5 subgroup figures
Wording notes: morality framingoffers an explicit not-a-moral-issue escape option
Response options as the pollster wrote them
  • Agree (morally wrong)
  • Disagree
  • It's not a moral issue
  • Not sure

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