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Survey Shows Growing Support for Allowing Businesses to Refuse to Serve LGBTQ

07 Aug 2018
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Elisa Meyer

Surprisingly, researchers also found that same-sex marriages are now more widely accepted than ever before. The United States Supreme Court inadvertently threw a ball into the court of the American...

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

18 Jun 2018
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C 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...

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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C 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...

Christian America is on the Decline

07 Sep 2017
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Alison Lesley

Muslims and Mormons constitute the youngest faith demographic A report published by . In 20 U.S. states, the 'nones' have formed the majority. Over 100,000 Americans were questioned during...

5 Powerful Stats on Hispanic Catholics and Global Warming

10 Oct 2015
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Nathan Glover

The difference between white Catholic views and Hispanic views on global warming is like night and day. The Pope has become, in America at least, a controversial political figure. Somehow, Pope Francis’...

This is the Least Religiously Affiliated State in America

31 Aug 2015
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Gary Nguyen

37% of Oregon residents say they are unaffiliated with any religious group, but has the highest percentage of Evangelical Christians in the country. Oregon consistently ranks as the most religiously-unaffiliated...

Which Religions are the Least Discriminating Against Homosexuals?

29 Aug 2015
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Alison Lesley

A study focused on religion and homosexuality in 79 countries identifies the religions which have the least negative attitude toward gays. A new survey uncovers mainstream religions that are more...