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    The Biology Wars: The Religion, Science and Education Controversy

    Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in December 2005 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speaker Edward J. Larson, Talmadge Chair of Law and Russell Professor of American History at the University of Georgia, discussed the history of […]

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    22% of Americans Have a Relative in a Mixed-Race Marriage

    That degree of familiarity with — and proximity to — interracial marriage is the latest milestone in what has been a sweeping change in behaviors and attitudes concerning interracial relationships over the past several decades.

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    Islam and the West: A Conversation with Bernard Lewis

    Hay-Adams Hotel Washington, D.C. The relationship between Islam and the West will be a defining feature of the 21st century, particularly in the Middle East. How should U.S. policymakers engage with the Muslim world? Will the spread of democracy throughout the Muslim world blunt the militant forces generating terrorism? How will European governments and populations […]

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    Part 4. Public Attitudes Toward Online Dating

    Online daters overwhelmingly view the services as a good way to meet people, but the general online public is split over the merits of online dating. While respondents were asked specific questions about the use of online dating websites, they were also surveyed about their impressions of online dating more generally. Those who have actually […]

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    Part 3. Who Is Dating Online?

    One in ten internet users have gone to a dating website. About one in ten (11%) internet users who responded to our survey said they had ever gone to a dating website where they could meet people online.[13.numoffset=”13″ Similar data from comScore Media Metrix gathered in the month of January 2006 shows that 14% of […]

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    Is There A Culture War?

    Key West, Florida Some of the nation’s leading journalists gathered in Key West, Florida, in May 2006 for the Pew Forum’s biannual Faith Angle Conference on religion, politics and public life. Conference speakers James Davison Hunter, author of the widely acclaimed Culture Wars: The Struggle to Define America, and long-time critic Alan Wolfe, author of […]

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    Part 5. Beyond Dating Websites

    Three out of four online Americans who are single and looking for romantic partners have used the internet for at least one dating-related activity. The act of using dating websites is just one online avenue that can lead to a romantic connection. The internet facilitates a wide array of other dating- or romance-related activities. A […]