Although much of the debate over religious liberty has focused on the contraception mandate, there has also been a significant amount of disagreement about whether religiously affiliated adoption agen…
Recent research shows that for some people who oppose same-sex marriage, religious liberty is a primary concern. When Americans who initially oppose same-sex marriage are asked whether they would sup…
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LGBTQ
06.30.2012
Religious Americans’ Perspectives on Same-sex Marriage
As PRRI observed in a research note earlier this year, in 2011, majorities of most religious groups favored allowing gay and lesbian couple to marry legally, illustrating that the old narrative of bat…
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Politics & Elections
06.28.2012
Could the Health Care Ruling Reinvigorate the Tea Party?
Opposition to President Obama’s health care reform law has been the heart and soul of many Tea Party activities since the law’s passage in 2010, so it’s unsurprising to see that so m…
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Abortion & Reproductive Health
06.27.2012
Fortnight of Facts: Catholics Generally Support the Contraception Coverage Requirements
American’s views about whether religiously affiliated employers should be required to provide their employees with health care plans that cover contraception differ significantly depending on the ty…
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Immigration
06.27.2012
Americans Divided Over the Fate of Health Care Reform
More than four in ten Americans are opposed to a SCOTUS decision that would overturn the Affordable Care Act, while 35 percent are in favor of such action.
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Religion & Culture
06.25.2012
Fortnight of Facts: What’s Threatening Religious Liberty?
In the March PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, respondents who said that they believed religious liberty was under attack in the U.S. today were given the opportunity to explain, in their own words, what…
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Religion & Culture
06.22.2012
Fortnight of Facts: Is Religious Liberty Being Threatened in the U.S. Today?
Most Americans (56%) and a majority of Catholics (57%) do not believe the right of religious liberty is being threatened in America today. White Catholics, however, are more evenly divided on the issu…
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Immigration
06.15.2012
New Immigration Policy Could Boost Obama Among Latinos
As of this morning, the Obama administration appears poised to implement part of the DREAM Act without Congressional approval, a move that will almost certainly raise the ire of Republicans who oppose…
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Politics & Elections
06.13.2012
Catholics and New Battle Lines over Religious Liberty
We break down where American Catholics stand on a range of religious liberty issues—including whether the right of religious liberty is being threatened today.
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