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In U.S., Far More Support Than Oppose Separation of Church and State
Majorities of White, Black and Hispanic Americans oppose declaring U.S. a Christian nation
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- In U.S., Far More Support Than Oppose Separation of Church and State
- Most Americans oppose declaring Christianity (or any other religion) as official faith of U.S.
- Most highly religious Christians support allowing cities to put religious symbols on public property, but far fewer favor declaring U.S. a Christian nation
- More Republicans than Democrats say they want prominent place for Christianity in U.S. national identity
- Majorities of White, Black and Hispanic Americans oppose declaring U.S. a Christian nation
- Most Americans express support for separation of church and state
- Support for church-state integrationist perspective peaks at 36% among White evangelical Protestants
- Across demographic groups, one-in-five or fewer want church-state integration
- Those with ‘mixed’ church-state views mostly favor prayer in schools, religious displays on public property but oppose declaring U.S. a ‘Christian nation’
- Close connection between church-state attitudes and other social, political views
- Among White adults, church-state integrationists much more likely to be Republican than strict separationists
- Profile of those with ‘no opinion’ on church-state scale
- One-in-twenty Americans say God favors the U.S. over all other countries
- Christians Celebrate Good Friday In Washington, D.C.