70% |
6% |
3% |
| Americans support posting the Ten Commandments in government buildings. | Americans who say they have too much religious freedom. | Americans who say students in public schools have too much religious freedom. |
85% |
26% |
18% |
| Americans who would support posting if the commandments are included as “one document among many historical documents.” | Americans who say they have too little religious freedom. | Americans who say students in public schools have too much freedom of expression. |
31% |
50% |
|
| Americans who say they have too little religious freedom in the workplace. | Americans who think students in public schools have too little religious freedom (3% say too much) | |
23% |
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| Americans who say students in public schools have too little freedom of expression. |
47% |
36% |
14% |
| Americans who say the government should be allowed to restrict speech that might be offensive to religious groups on broadcast television. | Americans who say a display of the Ten Commandments in a public building is primarily an acknowledgement of God. | Decrease in risk of divorce (in the first decade of marriage) for those having a religious affiliation vs. those who don’t. |
49% |
52% |
30% |
| Americans who disagree. | Americans who say it’s primarily a statement about the roots of our laws. | Decrease for those with an annual income over $50,000 vs. those who make under $25,000. |
38% |
71% |
|
| Americans who say the government should be not be allowed to restrict nudity on broadcast television. | Americans who say that the phrase “one nation, under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance is primarily a statement related to the American political tradition rather than religious. | |
52% |
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| Americans who say teachers and other public school officials should be allowed to lead prayers in public school. |
51.7% |
35% |
64.7% |
| Chance that an American woman age 15 or older is married. | American babies born to unmarried women. | High school seniors males who expected to marry, or were married, who said it is “very likely” they will stay married to the same person for life. |
30.4% |
40% |
58.1% |
| Chance if she’s black. | Of those, babies born to unmarried couples living together. | High school seniors males who said this five to ten years ago. |
25% |
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| Chance that she’s living with an unmarried partner. | ||
10.9% |
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| Chance that a woman age 15 or older has had a divorce. |
Sources: First Amendment Center, National Marriage Project
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Sources: First Amendment Center, National Marriage Project.
