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Fewer Americans see Democratic party as religion friendly. |
Separation of Church and State - Fewer Americans see Democratic party as
religion friendly.
http://pewforum.org/docs/index.php?DocID=115&source=Yahoo
[excerpt]
Public Divided on Origins of Life
Religion A Strength And Weakness For Both Parties
August 30, 2005
Both major political parties have a problem with their approach toward
religion, in the eyes of many Americans. More than four-in-ten say that
liberals who are not religious have too much control over the Democratic
Party, while an almost identical percentage says that religious
conservatives have too much influence over the Republican Party.
The public also has distinctly different perceptions of both parties when
it comes to dealing with religion and personal freedoms. By a wide margin
51% to 28% the Republican Party is seen as most concerned with protecting
religious values. By a nearly identical margin (52%-30%), the Democratic
Party is perceived as most concerned with protecting the freedom of
citizens to make personal choices.
Yet the Democrats' strength in this area is overshadowed by a sharp erosion
in the number of Americans who believe the party is friendly toward
religion. Only about three-in-ten (29%) see the Democrats as friendly
toward religion, down from 40% last August. Meanwhile, a solid majority
(55%) continues to view the Republicans as friendly toward religion.
However, independents are more critical of the influence of religious
conservatives on the Republican Party than they are of the influence of
secular liberals on the Democratic Party. Most independents (54%) think
religious conservatives have too much influence over the Republican Party,
while fewer, 43%, think secular liberals have too much sway on the
Democratic Party.
The latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the
Press and Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, conducted July 7-17 among
2,000 adults, also finds deep religious and political differences over
questions relating to evolution and the origins of life. Overall, about
half the public (48%) says that humans and other living things have evolved
over time, while 42% say that living things have existed in their present
form since the beginning of time. Fully 70% of white evangelical
Protestants say that life has existed in its present form since the
beginning of time; fewer than half as many white mainline Protestants (32%)
and white Catholics (31%) agree.
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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