LGBT Americans Are Less Religious Than Non-LGBT Americans, But Not Across The Board: Report

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Antonia Blumberg



Religion has not always been kind to the LGBT community. Signs like the one ATLAH Worldwide Missionary posted outside its church in Harlem, New York capture the discrimination many LGBT people have faced in religious congregations -- and it is not hard to see why a significant number of people are leaving religion over anti-gay policies.

LGBT adults in the U.S. are considerably more likely to identify as non-religious than their non-LGBT counterparts, Gallup found in an August 2014 survey. Forty-seven percent of LGBT adults say they are non-religious, compared to 30 percent of non-LGBT adults, and the difference only increases between LGBT women and non-LGBT women -- 46 percent to 25 percent, respectively.

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