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Monday, October 31st, 2022

1 in 4 Americans Say Bible Should Take Precedence Over People’s Will in US Law

Author:     Sharon Zang
Source:     truthout
Publication Date:     October 27, 2022
 Link: 1 in 4 Americans Say Bible Should Take Precedence Over People’s Will in US Law
Stephan:   The Founders had, as one of their most important purposes in the Constitution to create a firewall between church and state. Two hundred and thirty-five years later nearly half of Americans want that wall not just breached but destroyed. By all factual measures, America is a country in sharp decline, but few will talk about it.
A person is holding up a rosarie while holding a sign in support of a measure voted on earlier this year in Kansas that would have removed abortion protections from the state constitution.
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New polling finds that nearly half of Americans think the U.S. should be a Christian nation — and that, among those who believe as such, over half think that the word of the Bible should take precedence over the will of the public when it comes to writing laws.

The research, by Pew Research Center, finds that 45 percent of adults surveyed say that the U.S. should be a Christian nation, while 51 percent disagree. While two-thirds of Americans say that churches and other houses of worship should stay out of government affairs, there is still a sizable — and perhaps alarming — amount of Americans who believe that Christianity should guide U.S. law, the polling found.

Among those who said that the U.S. should be a Christian nation, a majority (52 percent) said that the federal government should never declare […]

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