WASHINGTON -- Politicians should keep their religion to themselves and quit publicly praying and talking so much about their faith, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

The number of people saying "there has been too much religious talk by political leaders" stands at an all-time high since Pew's Forum on Religion & Public Life began asking the question more than a decade ago. Most Americans continue to say that churches and other houses of worship should keep out of politics. Nearly 4 in 10 Americans, or 38 percent, say they have heard "too much expression of religious faith and prayer from political leaders." Members of both parties say there is too much discussion of religion but that view is more common among Democrats than Republicans.

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