Americans Don't Want Religion Driving Public Policy

Republican officials in Congress like to pose as christians, and to please their fundamentalist base they try to design their public policies around their religious beliefs. They seem to think this is what a majority of Americans want (in spite of the fact that doing so violates the First Amendment's freedom of religion provision). They are, once again, WRONG.

Americans don't want their public policies designed to reflect the religious views of any politician. They want those policies to reflect the needs of the nation and its citizens. A clear majority (56%) say they don't want a candidate's policy decisions to be based on his religion -- any religion. They want politicians to compromise, and to do what is best for the people of the United States. They want a separation of religion and government.

The chart above is made from information in a recent CNN / ORC Poll -- done between March 13th and 15th of a random national sample of 1,009 adults, with a margin of error of 3 points.