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https://www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-immigration-crackdown-deeply-unpopular-in-minnesota/601579330
From anti-LGBTQ teachings to clergy abuse scandals, new research explains the collapse of religious loyalty in the U.S.
[Back in early 2024] PRRI found that 63% of “Nones” said they left their faith because they come to their senses and just stop believing all that nonsense. But there were other answers on their list as well: 47% of the Unaffiliated cited anti-LGBTQ teachings. 41% said their families were just never that religious to begin with. 32% said it was bad for their mental health. 31% mentioned clergy sex abuse scandals. 20% said their churches had become too political.
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Pew Research Center just released another survey. Here's one aggregation of its results:
The explanations for why they’re leaving should make conservative religious leaders think carefully about whether they really want to follow the path of hate that the Republican Party and MAGA extremists are taking them down. In a few years, will complicity with ICE terrorism make this list? What about fealty to Donald Trump instead of the Jesus who delivered the Sermon on the Mount? We already know white evangelicals and the Catholic Church have no real interest in shifting their positions on even their least popular and most extreme forms of bigotry, which will only push out more people who care about decency over dogma. As those groups continue to push back against democracy, civil rights, science, and social justice, I suspect more Americans will realize that moral authority lies from fighting the church rather than being a part of one—despite the best efforts of progressive religious groups.[emphasis added] What will religious institutions do to keep people in the fold? There are very few pages left in their playbooks. At some point, especially as more ex-believers go public about their experiences on social media and popular docu-series, all the bells and whistles churches tend to pull out to attract new members become subjects of parody. People are aware of their tactics. They know what to look out for. No amount of Youth Pastor Voice, for example, is going to override the harm of Purity Culture. The overreach of high school football coaches and government officials who treat their secular positions as platforms to evangelize is more of a turn-off than ever before. As more kids distance themselves from faith, the pressure on their friends to convert to fit in also diminishes. It can’t happen quickly enough.
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Agreed.
Analysis of our polls and other data shows no clear evidence of a religious revival among young adults. Read more about religiousness by age
Hopeful reports of a religious revival in the US, in particular among young men, are not supported by the data.
A "broad slice of Americans"? Phew, a test of the American public's commitment to law vs. lawless violence, and we came out looking fairly well. Surely the percentage of people opposing this lawless murder must be 80 or 90 percent.
reuters.com/world/us/broad-slice-americans-oppose-venezuela-boat-strikes-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2025-12-10/
Hmm. This reminds me of a poll from a while back (2015):
A whole new world of magic carpet bombing Aladdin's home.
Results from this PPP (Public Policy Polling) poll revealed:
30% of Republicans said they supported bombing Agrabah, while 13% were opposed
19% of Democrats supported bombing it, while 36% opposed
41% of Donald Trump supporters favored bombing Agrabah, with only 9% against
I'm sure that the patriotic education curriculum being proposed by conservatives will restore Americans to civic virtue, just like Trump is doing right now.
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