Presently, research polls indicate a slim majority (58%) of self identified Catholics and mainline Protestants (56%) favor of acceptance of homosexuality, with 26 percent of evangelical Protestants concurring.<ref>[http://religions.pewforum.org/comparisons Religious landscape survey The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life]</ref>. Another poll shows 39 percent of Roman Catholics and 79 percent of evangelical Americans affirm that homosexual behavior is sinful.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080606/survey-americans-divided-on-homosexuality-as-sin.htm LifeWay Research study, June 2008]</ref>
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Presently, research polls indicate a slim majority (58%) of self identified Catholics and mainline Protestants (56%) favor of acceptance of homosexuality, with 26 percent of evangelical Protestants concurring.<ref>[http://religions.pewforum.org/comparisons Religious landscape survey The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life]</ref> Similarly, a different poll shows 39 percent of Roman Catholics and 79 percent of evangelical Americans affirm that homosexual behavior is sinful.<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/article/20080606/survey-americans-divided-on-homosexuality-as-sin.htm LifeWay Research study, June 2008]</ref><ref>[http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/RevealingStatistics.html#Sec4 Revealing Statistics: differences among denominations]</ref>
==Denominational positions on the Bible, and homosexuality==
==Denominational positions on the Bible, and homosexuality==