Survey: Percentage of 'Religiously Unaffiliated' Gays More Than Twice the General Population
Pew Research Center's Social & Demographic Trends released the findings Thursday, which stated that of those surveyed, 48 percent of LGBT Americans considered themselves without a religious affiliation; this compares to 20 percent of the general public.
"Lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgender adults are, on the whole, less religious than the general public," reads Pew press release in part. "LGBT adults who do have a religious affiliation generally attend worship services less frequently and attach less importance to religion in their lives than do religiously affiliated adults in the general public."
The data used by Pew was based off of a survey of 1,197 self-identified LGBT individuals aged 18 and above conducted from April 11 to April 29....