Survey: Churches Less Active in Elections in '08
A post-election survey released today by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reveals, among other findings, that far fewer voters this year than in 2004 say that information on political parties or candidates was made available to them at their place of worship. Read the survey report at people-press.org »
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Graphic: States With Voter-Approved Constitutional Bans on Gay Marriage, 1998-2008
On Wednesday, Nov. 12, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in Connecticut while protests continued in California over the passage of Proposition 8, a Nov. 4 ballot measure that banned gay marriage in the state. A Pew Forum graphic shows that in the five years since Massachusetts became the first state to allow gay marriage, more than half the nation's states have amended their constitutions to ban the practice. View the graphic »
For more resources on gay marriage, including public opinion trends, religious groups' positions on the issue and more, see the gay marriage issue page.
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Resources on Abortion
A statement approved by U.S. Roman Catholic bishops on Wednesday warned President-elect Barack Obama that "aggressively pro-abortion policies, legislation and executive orders will permanently alienate tens of millions of Americans, and would be seen by many as an attack on the free exercise of their religion." For more information on the abortion debate in America, including an overview of public opinion on the issue, religious groups' views on abortion and more, go to the Pew Forum's abortion resource page.
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Audio Transcripts: Analyzing the 2008 Election
The Pew Forum hosted three conference calls for journalists starting at midnight on election night and continuing through Wednesday, Nov. 5. Forum experts analyzed religion's role in the election, examined how the religious public voted and more. Audio transcripts of the conference calls are now available on the Pew Forum's multimedia page.
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Nov. 7 - Religion and Ethics Newsweekly
Perspectives: Election Wrap-Up
Senior Fellow John Green appeared on PBS' Religion and Ethics Newsweekly to discuss religious groups' voting patterns, the impact of the use of religion in political ads and the political future of religious conservatives.
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