Losing Faith: Religious Identification Among Democrats Crashes

[rayg]

Losing Faith: Religious Identification Among Democrats Crashes 20 Points in 20 Years

The percentage of Democrats who identify as religious has dropped more than 20 points between 1999 and 2023, a recent Gallup survey found.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...s-in-20-years/

[Mark in Ottawa]

Is there not supposed to be a strict division between Church and State in the USA? If so, why would the religion of members of a political party be relevant? Arguably, churches (and other religious entities) should keep out of politics.

[rayg]

Is there not supposed to be a strict division between Church and State in the USA? If so, why would the religion of members of a political party be relevant? Arguably, churches (and other religious entities) should keep out of politics.

No argument either way, it's just a statistic!

[PWC]

The constitutional guarantee is from any mandated government religion, not requiring individuals to gove up their beliefs.

The term "separation of church and state" came from a misquoted and "spun" speech given by Thomas Jefferson

[Doc Sharptail]

*But* getting back to the statistic...

No real big surprise there. Moral fiber is actually becoming an increasingly rare commodity these days.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[dryheat]

Religion is man made. We invented it and it served a good purpose for a long time. Times have changed. The Dems are cutting edge so to speak. They don't know how to handle sharp instruments yet.

[blackhawknj]

The First Amendment has a non-establishment clause, and Article VI Clause 3 says "but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."