|
28%
American evangelicals who say torture is never justified.
25%
Secular Americans who agree.
26%
American Catholics who agree.
29%
All Americans who agree.
92%
Evangelicals who believe that not reporting all income on your taxes is morally wrong.
79%
All Americans who agree.
82%
Evangelicals who believe that drinking alcohol excessively is morally wrong.
61%
All Americans who agree.
75%
Evangelicals who believe that homosexual behavior is morally wrong.
50%
All Americans who agree.
73%
Evangelicals who believe that having an abortion is morally wrong.
52%
All Americans who agree.
68%
Evangelicals who believe that smoking marijuana is morally wrong.
50%
All Americans who agree.
60%
Evangelicals who believe that sex between unmarried adults is morally wrong.
35%
All Americans who agree.
58%
Evangelicals who believe that telling a lie to spare someone's feelings is morally wrong.
43%
All Americans who agree.
57%
Evangelicals who believe that gambling is morally wrong.
35%
All Americans who agree.
46%
Evangelicals who believe that overeating is morally wrong.
32%
All Americans who agree.
2
Americans who leave Catholic churches for every one who joins.
3
Americans who join evangelical churches for every one who leaves.
Sources: Pew Research Center for The People & The Press, Religion News Service
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See our earlier Go Figure postings from April 2007, March 2007, February 2007, January 2007, December 2006, November 2006, October 2006, and earlier issues.
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