These two charts are made from a fairly recent Gallup Poll -- done between August 7th and 10th of a random national sample of 1,032 adults, and has a margin of error of 4 points.
I guess there is some good and some bad in this survey. It is good that the percentage of people who want to toss out the Constitution (at least the First Amendment that guarantees freedom of religion) so they can force their religion on defenseless school children has shrunk over the last 15 years -- from 70% in 1999 to 61% in 2014. That's a fairly significant drop.
But it's bad that slightly more than 6 out of every 10 Americans would be happy to violate the Constitution to use the government to spread their religion. I have no problem with anyone believing in a religion and worshipping as they please -- but they cross the line when they force others to submit to their religious rituals. Children have no choice in whether they attend school or not. It is a requirement -- and when people are required by the government to attend (or when people voluntarily attend any government function) they should not be subjected to the religious rituals of another person.
Why is it so hard for many Americans to understand that religious freedom includes the right to be free from religion -- and would be worthless without that right?
The numbers are as shown because they asked the wrong question. It should be....
ReplyDeleteDo you want the kids to say prayers in public school in Arabic to ALLAH.
I be the line flattens right out at ZERO. Bigots are like that.