Attitudes about transgender issues vary widely among Christians, religious ‘nones’ in U.S.

Growing shares of Americans believe that a person’s gender is determined by their sex assigned at birth, according to a new Pew Research Center survey, which finds major differences by religion on this question and others about transgender issues.

For example, a majority of White evangelical Protestants say society has gone too far in accepting people who are transgender, while religiously unaffiliated Americans are far more likely to say society has not gone far enough.

Among U.S. adults overall, six-in-ten now say that whether a person is a man or a...