NYT:In Poll, G.O.P. Slips as a Friend of Religion

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A new poll shows that fewer Americans view the Republican Party as “friendly to religion” than a year ago, with the decline particularly steep among Catholics and white evangelical Protestants — constituencies at the core of the Republicans’ conservative Christian voting bloc.

The survey found that the proportion of Americans who say the Republican Party is friendly to religion fell 8 percentage points in the last year, to 47 percent from 55 percent. Among Catholics and white evangelical Protestants, the decline was 14 percentage points.

The Democratic Party suffers from the perception of an even more drastic religion deficit, but that is not new. Just 26 percent of poll respondents said the Democratic Party was friendly to religion, down from 29 percent last year.

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Americans remained critical of the influence of both the right and the left on religion. Sixty-nine percent agreed that liberals had “gone too far in trying to keep religion out of schools and government” — an increase of three percentage points, which is not statistically significant. And 49 percent agreed that conservative Christians had “gone too far in trying to impose their religious values on the country,” also a three percentage point increase.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/25/washington/25religion.html?hp&ex=1156478400&en=20ec76b17de65be9&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Olney Blue]

1. The GOP is the party of hypocrites.

[Kahuna]

2. I feel a new round of gay bashing coming on..

:grr:

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. Maybe if there is a God he is tired of these RW suck-ups.

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