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LGBTQ Civil Rights Support Highest Among Atheists, Agnostics, and Unitarians

31 Mar 2019
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Kelly Frazier

Agnostics rank one point higher than atheists. As per data by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), a vast majority of Sixty-nine percent of Americans favor laws which would protect such...

Majority of White Evangelicals View Racial Diversity and Immigration as a Threat to America

31 Oct 2018
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Derek Welch

They are the sole group in this survey to think this way. In the 9th edition of the American Values Survey, Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) revealed white evangelical Protestants constitute...

Majority of White Evangelicals Oppose Migrant Parent-Child Separation

28 Jun 2018
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Alison Lesley

82 percent of the religiously non-affiliated oppose the separation. A poll conducted by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) on various immigration issues revealed that an overwhelming majority...

Daily Beast Article Claims Evangelicals are to Blame for Decrease in Christianity

18 Jun 2018
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Corey Barnett

Trump's approval by evangelicals has only grown. The term was created by pollsters to describe people who admit to no religious affiliation. This group rejects the Biblical explanation of God but may believe...

MTV/PRRI Study Reveals a U.S. Religious Realignment

04 Feb 2018
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Nathan Glover

Politics is the bedrock of such a realignment A . The subject population is described as younger Millennials and Generation Z's older members. The subject of the study was Diversity, Division,...

Examining the “Spiritual, not Religious” in America

13 Nov 2017
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Gary Nguyen

The spirituals are found to be more helpful and empathetic . Approximately 2,000 Americans participated in the PRRI survey during the first half of 2017. The results showed that 18 percent of Americans...

More Americans Say Belief in God Is Not Necessary for Morality

18 Oct 2017
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Corey Barnett

White Americans who believe in God are a minority now. They also do not correlate belief in God with having good values. This percentage has increased from 49 percent in 2011. These are the results...

Children of Divorce Are More Likely to Become Religious ‘Nones’

15 Oct 2016
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Derek Welch

Study shows link between children of divorced parents and the loss of their religion. The number of Americans who are moving away from religion is on a steady rise, and divorce is a catalyst in speeding...

PRRI’s New Book Declares “The End of White Christian America”

30 Aug 2016
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Derek Welch

'The End of White Christian America' book by Robert P. Jones The 2016 U.S. presidential election has definitely gotten many tongues wagging. When the Republican Party’s primaries were in their...

New Nashville Nones Convention Held Saturday for Atheists and Religiously Unaffiliated

07 Mar 2016
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Alison Lesley

Nashville Nones Convention is for religiously unaffiliated and non-believers to connect and learn how to speak up about their beliefs. For atheists and other people who do not have any affinity with...