I took it to mean that the people answering the survey felt that while they were in the faith they were pressured not to accept their LGBTQ friends and family, but after leaving the faith they were free to love them and welcome them as they wished.

That is surely not to mean that all churches are that strict. I live in a very accepting community and have many wonderful friends and acquaintances who attend church regularly and have no problem accepting the LGBTQ loved ones.

A gay neighbor of mine attends church at least twice a week, sings in the choir and also does some speaking at the services. He's well loved by all, in church and out.

Pretty sure this survey wasn't done in my very diverse and loving community. We don't have the bigotry which is more prevalent in other states. Here in Hawaii, the māhū are well respected and thought to have a more higher plane of love, spirituality and understanding. Kind of part of the culture.

I'm guessing you didn't actually read the article. I don't blame you. The first few minutes of reading is a bit dry until it gets to the main points. Quoting from the article, here is the answer to your question:

Reason 1

Flanery’s research revealed that the number one reason people walk away from Christianity is the church’s behavior and attitudes toward the LGBTQ+ community. One in four respondents listed this as their final reason for abandoning Christianity. Here are some quotes from those who responded:

“I couldn’t continue to ignore the treatment of LGBTQ and other marginalized people.”

"I started doubting because of “how the church treated people of the LGBTQ community and anyone who didn’t dress/think/act/look like them.”

“I couldn’t understand why God would create LGBTQ people in a form my church claimed he hated.”

“The first thing that challenged my viewpoint directly was meeting LGBTQ people and seeing that they were kind, thoughtful and deserving of respect.”

“The first thing was noticing how what Christians preached/practiced didn’t seem to align with that I knew to be the character of God, including views on the LGBTQ community, immigration, adoption, mental health issues, ‘mission work,’ and just general treatment of others.”

I don't think that the survey was a tick box question and answer, giving the people the chance to answer according to the list. Reading the article, it seems, the questions were posed generally, and the written answers were then assigned to the groups afterwards, by the compilers. That is more refined than the blunt answers, but also more open to interpretation by those running the survey. Therefore if they had a presumption in favour of, say, the LBGTQ answer, it would probably weight the results, and given that it was a Baptist group running the survey, who knows ?

I'm guessing these are people who have recently left their church, so not quite so cynical about religion as some of us.

I don't think that the survey was a tick box question and answer, giving the people the chance to answer according to the list. Reading the article, it seems, the questions were posed generally, and the written answers were then assigned to the groups afterwards, by the compilers. That is more refined than the blunt answers, but also more open to interpretation by those running the survey. Therefore if they had a presumption in favour of say the LBGTQ answer, it would probably weight the results, and given that it was a Baptist group running the survey, who knows ?

That was what I was looking for. We didn't understand science or mental illness back then...

And the bible.

How did the modern day bible come about?

@WayneDalton By councils and decree some 300 plus years after the time of Jesus. It was decided to make a big bible book out of many smaller books and they wanted a beginning and an ending. Let that sink in and you can easily imagine our crank nutjobs today.

@DenoPenno I have often said to people that I didn't believe a religion based on a book cobbled together by a group of biased men with agendas to protect.

I don't think that the survey was a tick box question and answer, giving the people the chance to answer according to the list. Reading the article, it seems, the questions were posed generally, and the written answers were then assigned to the groups afterwards, by the compilers. That is more refined than the blunt answers, but also more open to interpretation by those running the survey. Therefore if they had a presumption in favour of the LBGTQ answer, it would probably weight the results, and given that it was a Baptist group running the survey, who knows ?

I noticed that too -- I guess after they left it was no longer foremost in their mind as much as the other freedoms they felt. Puzzling.

@Julie808 thinking about how the politicians are, that no matter what party is religious. So maybe that's why .. we appear to have been led to think the Democrats are the mostly non religious people and the Republicans are super religious people

@laidback1 Yes I think most politicians like to portray themselves as people of faith, but some just talk about it more than others.

@Julie808 yes definitely, it's all a show the religious beliefs and political persuasions , they're nearly all working together. I think there's very few outsider rebels with intelligence that are speaking out what they truly believe.. I respect RFK Jr ... & Dennis K (can't spell) & Ron Paul & very few others,i voted for Jill Stein not trump,trump is an unwitting chaos agent puppet