By Valerie Bauman Social Affairs Reporter For Dailymail.com
Published: 20:00 GMT, 26 March 2019 | Updated: 20:00 GMT, 26 March 2019
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A majority of Americans in every state are in favor of policies that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination, according to a new survey.
Vermont was the most pro-LGBTQ state, with 77 percent of residents supportive of such protections, while Arkansas was in last place with 56 percent in favor of preventing discrimination.
Overall, 69 percent of Americans support 'broad nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people,' according to the 2018 survey of more than 2,000 Americans by the Public Religion Research Institute.
This map illustrates the percent of Americans in every state who support protections from discrimination for LGBTQ people. The darker the shades of blue indicate wider acceptance, while the lighter shades of green indicate opposition to such protections
The majority support extends to all major religions and nearly every demographic group. Unitarians were the most supportive (90 percent), while Jehovah's Witnesses were the least (53 percent).
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