Americans prioritize religious freedom for Christians above other faiths, endorsing those of Muslims’ the least, according to a poll released Wednesday.
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Eighty-two percent in the poll said religious liberty protections are important for Christians, compared with 61 percent who said the same for Muslims.
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Americans overwhelmingly support safeguarding religious liberties for Christian believers, but they’re less keen on protecting Muslims’ religious liberties, a new national survey found.
Political independents lagged on all the measures, with fewer than 69% supporting religious freedom for Christians, 57% for Jews, 56% for Mormons and 49% for Muslims.
The poll was conducted from December 10-13, following Islamic extremist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino.
According to AP, earlier polls with the NORC have found “dwindling confidence in the government’s defense of religious liberty, with 75% in 2011 saying the government was doing a good job, compared with 55% who said so this month”.
Eight in 10 Americans say it’s very or extremely important for people like themselves to be allowed to practice their religion freely.
Americans, particularly Christians, are tense about the religious mix with more non-Christian immigrants and the rapid rise of people with no religion.
Religious liberty is a key principle of American democracy, but public support for individuals’ right to exercise that freedom still varies by which religion they practice. Seven in 10 say it does at least a somewhat good job protecting the right to vote, and almost 6 in 10 say it is doing a good job of protecting freedom of speech and press. “Many in America have been educated about Islam as a risky, violent religion”, and those spreading that message have spent tens of millions of dollars to do so in various churches and tea party conventions, he says.
Recent months have also seen a furor over gay marriage and the rights of religious Christians to refuse to provide same-sex couples with marriage licenses. “If somebody else’s religion is being limited by the government, yours is liable to be limited in the same way”.
The poll was conducted December 10-13 and surveyed 1,042 adults nationwide by randomly selecting households using NORC’s AmeriSpeak Panel at the University of Chicago.
The new survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.
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