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Polling conducted in May and early June by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press finds that Mitt Romney continues to hold a commanding lead over Barack Obama among white evangelical voters. But Obama leads Romney by large margins among black Protestants and religiously unaffiliated voters. READ THE FULL REPORT >
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| Americans' Religious Values |
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The latest Pew Research Center American Values Survey finds that the United States continues to be a highly religious nation. Two-thirds of the public (67%) agrees with each of a series of three religious statements, affirming that prayer is an important part of their daily life, that "we will all be called before God at the Judgment Day" and that they never doubt the existence of God. When the first values survey was conducted in 1987, a virtually identical number (68%) agreed with all three of these statements. READ THE RELIGION AND SOCIAL VALUES SECTION OF THE REPORT >
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JUNE 5 - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
An article on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision not to rehear arguments on the constitutionality of California's 2008 ballot initiative banning same-sex marriage cites several Pew Research Center polls. Among the surveys' findings, in 2004, Americans opposed same-sex marriage by a 60% to 31% margin, but today the public is about evenly split, with 47% in favor and 43% opposed. |
MAY 31 - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
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MAY 30 - ORLANDO SENTINEL
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MAY 29 - THE NEW YORK TIMES
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