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Immigration
10.04.2011
Alabama and Americans’ Core Values on Immigration
In the aftermath of the judicial decision that upheld key portions of Alabama’s new immigration law, which the state’s governor is now touting as the “strongest” in the country, immigrants are…
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Religion & Culture
10.04.2011
Younger White Evangelicals Express Comfort With Muslim Religion, Culture
Late last week, the lower house of the Swiss Parliament passed a piece of legislation that would bar Muslim women from wearing face-covering veils, including the burqa, a body-covering, full-veil ro…
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Religion & Culture
10.03.2011
New Survey Finds American Congregations Slowly Losing Members
Taking the temperature of America’s congregations might seem like an impossible task, given the country’s vast array of religious institutions, but a new survey from The Hartford Institute for Rel…
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Religion & Culture
09.30.2011
Evangelical Woman Criticizes “Biblical Womanhood” By Embracing It
Although the idea of Biblical womanhood may seem foreign to some, it’s a crucial concept for the solid majority (66%) of white evangelical Christians who believe that the Bible is the literal wo…
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Law & Criminal Justice
09.29.2011
Research Note: American Attitudes on the Death Penalty
A strong majority (67%) of Americans currently favor the death penalty for persons convicted of murder. According to surveys conducted between April and July 2011, a majorities of virtually every demo…
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Law & Criminal Justice
09.29.2011
Want To Know More About American Attitudes on the Death Penalty?
You’re in luck!  If you’ve been following our coverage of the recent debates on the death penalty, either in “Figuring Faith” or on the blog, you may want to know more about w…
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LGBTQ
09.27.2011
Will Catholics Take Action on Same-Sex Marriage?
Over the past few weeks, two of the most influential figures in the global Catholic hierarchy spoke out, urging Catholics to join together in the moral struggle against same-sex marriage.  Pope Bened…
Although the Republican candidates are making sure that there are enough zingers to make the frequency of the primary debates more tolerable than they otherwise would be (thank you, Gary Johnson), the…
Spotlight Analysis
Abortion & Reproductive Health
09.23.2011
Lay Catholics Asked to Fight New Birth Control Regulations
Earlier this summer, the Department of Health and Human Services passed a mandate requiring insurers to provide birth control without a co-pay.  Now, the Catholic Church is fighting back. The Catholi…
Survey Report
Climate Change & Science
09.22.2011
Climate Change and Evolution in the 2012 Elections
Roughly half of Americans identifying with the Tea Party reject the notion that the earth is getting warmer and that humans have evolved over time.
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