As everyone from pundits to late-night comedians discuss the so-called “War on Christmas,” nearly half (49 percent) of Americans agree that stores and businesses should, out of respect for people of different faiths, greet their customers with “happy holidays” or “season’s greetings” instead of “merry Christmas,” a new survey finds. […] Read more »
High marks for Pope Francis, but liberals and conservatives split on pontiff
Fifty-seven percent of Americans have a positive impression of Pope Francis while just five percent view him negatively, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. That is among the best scores for any public figure and certainly better than most, if not all, current American politicians and political […] Read more »
Pope Francis, Catholics in the U.S., and Religious Relevance
The selection of Pope Francis as the Person of the Year by TIME magazine has brought our attention to the Catholic church, its leadership, and its relevance to the world. … At this point, 57% of all American adults say that religion “can answer all or most of today’s problems” […] Read more »
Pope Francis Is Vastly Popular Among Catholics
On the day he was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll marks Pope Francis’ almost unanimous popularity among American Catholics – as well as the continued recovery in their views of the church itself since the worst of its pedophile scandals a decade […] Read more »
Most Americans like contraceptive mandate for businesses — in one chart
The Supreme Court’s decision Tuesday to consider whether employers objecting to contraception on religious grounds should be compelled to cover their employees’ use of contraceptives anyhow has cast a renewed spotlight on an element of Obamacare that has received a great deal of attention the past couple of years. Where […] Read more »
Who Wants a Christian America?
Republicans tend to be Second Amendment absolutists. The NRA and their representatives in Congress haven’t yet weighed in on the specific issue of, say, banning assault rifles in LAX, but they just might argue that such a law would be an unconstitutional infringement of the right to bear arms. The […] Read more »