1.2 million Abortions performed in the United States in 2005, the most recent year for which data are available. (They are down 25% since 1990).
4.3 million U.S. births in 2006, the highest number since 1961.
46% Voters who say "moral values" are "very important" when deciding whom to vote for (85% say "important").
30% Of those who say "moral values" are very important, those who mean candidates' position on issues like abortion (14%) or gay rights (3%).
78% Of those who say "moral values" are very important, those who mean personal characteristics of the candidates, like honesty (28%) and integrity (11%).
83% Americans who believe the display of a nativity scene on city property, such as city hall, should be legal.
60% Americans who believe the display of a scene honoring Islam on city property should be legal during Ramadan. Evangelicals and weekly churchgoers are not significantly more or less likely to show this disparity.
$24 billion Projected embezzlement from churches and Christian institutions in 2008.
$23 billion Income of global foreign missions in 2008.
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