Study: Conservatives Grow Wary Of Mixing Religion, Politics
And 98 percent of all other Americans KNOW that religion should keep out of politics... but are afraid to say so.
Bah dum bum...
Social conservatives are growing more wary of church involvement in politics, joining moderates and liberals in their unease about blurring the lines between pulpit and ballot box, a new study found.
Fifty percent of conservatives think churches and other places of worship should stay out of social and political matters, up from 30 percent four years ago, according to a survey released Thursday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
That significant shift in conservative thought has brought the country to a tipping point on the question: a slim majority of Americans _ 52 percent _ now think churches should keep out of politics.
And 98 percent of all other Americans KNOW that religion should keep out of politics... but are afraid to say so.
Bah dum bum...
