Transgender issues have been in the news quite a bit recently, from September’s controversy over Chaz Bono’s appearance on Dancing with the Stars to the Girl Scouts of Colorado’s choice to accep…
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Law & Criminal Justice
11.03.2011
Most Americans Favor Rights and Legal Protections for Transgender People
A majority of Americans say transgender people should have the same rights and legal protections as other people, finds a PRRI survey.
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Abortion & Reproductive Health
11.01.2011
Herman Cain’s New Position on Abortion May Not Resonate With His Base
Herman Cain, who recently found himself the target of criticism from social conservatives for espousing conflicting sentiments about abortion, clarified his position this weekend, saying that he is …
It’s only noon on Monday, but it already seems like it’s not going to be Herman Cain’s week. On Sunday, Politico broke the story on allegations of sexual harassment leveled at Cain during his ti…
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Politics & Elections
10.31.2011
Which GOP Candidate Will Catholic Conservatives Choose?
We’ve been writing so much about white evangelical Protestants recently that you might be forgiven for thinking that they’re the only religious subgroup that politicians (at least, the candidates…
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Politics & Elections
10.28.2011
Another Look at Mitt Romney’s “Mormon Problem”
Amid the tweets about Herman Cain’s YouTube ads, suggestions for Halloween costumes and up-to-the-minute notes about the Occupy protests across the country, there’s been a lot of discussion in my…
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Politics & Elections
10.27.2011
Should We Be Surprised by the New Numbers on Romney’s Religion?
Last July, only 4 in 10 Americans could correctly identify Mitt Romney’s religion. Today, a new survey shows that Americans are no more informed about Romney’s Mormon faith than they were three mo…
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Politics & Elections
10.27.2011
Knowledge of Romney’s Religion Unchanged from July
Despite continued media attention to Mitt Romney’s faith, only about four in ten Americans correctly identify him as Mormon, a PRRI survey finds.
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Climate Change & Science
10.25.2011
White Evangelical Protestants, Tea Partiers, and the Climate Change Debate
Earlier this week, Eugene Robinson wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post, lambasting the “neo-Luddites” (read: politicians) who he says are turning the GOP into an anti-science party. He zeroes i…
What does it mean to be a good Catholic? According to a new survey, Catholics in America: Persistence and change in the Catholic landscape, 86% of U.S. Catholics don’t think that following the Vatic…
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