While the North Carolina House of Representatives has finally killed the bill to allow the state to establish a state religion, a new study found that 34 percent of adults would favor establishing Christianity as the official state religion. While 47 percent opposed the establishment of state religion, it was less than a majority.
Another 11 percent thought that the Constitution allowed for the establishment of an official religion. Thus, they are entirely unaware of the workings of the first amendment or the prior rulings of the Supreme Court.
Republicans were the most likely to favor the establishment of a state religion with 55 percent favoring it in their own state and 46 percent favoring a national constitutional amendment.
While the poll reportedly included 1000 people (a sizable group), I still want to believe that it is skewed and that most people recognize the danger of religious-based government in a world torn apart of sectarian violence. Even if these people lack knowledge of the Constitution, they are given a daily lesson on the dangers of state-sponsored religion in their newspapers and news broadcasts. For those advocating such a change, they leave us with the chilling view that, for some, the problem with abusive theocratic regimes like Iran is simply the disagreement with the choice of the religion.
Source: HuffPost
George M, Why no concern for the children that are slaughtered with guns everyday? I think placing restrictions on drones and guns is a consistent position. Now, why make it about Obama? We need the laws in place for the future. The US will regret not taking the opportunity to regulate the guns and the drones in my opinion.
SwM,
Yep … same ol’, same ol’
BTW … I checked out Daily Kos and you were right … very anti-gun
Mike A.,
I second Gene’s suggestion … Gyges is very talented
Otteray: To reinforce your comment, if I take a poll and first qualify people with the question “Do you attend a Christian church at least twice a week?”
I think I could get just about any percentage we want!
Under this protocol, I do not ask the second question if I don’t get a positive answer to the first, so even if I called 25,000 people, I only asked 1000 of them the second question, about making Christianity the national religion.
Elaine and Swatchmore, I am pretty confident that your outrage at guns and the 2nd amendment/nra pales in comparison to your use of drones.
I am also pretty confident that you have warm and fuzzy feelings about the phony in the White House shedding crocodile tears for Sandy Hook while he slaughters far more children with his drones.
Think of the children….Is this where I insert my eyeroll at the hypocrisy?
In fact I would imagine for every single post you make condemning Obama for murdering children you post 1,000 calling for gun control.
I can respect the peaceniks who oppose violence of all sorts and condemn Obama and call him for what he is, a lying hypocritical war monger who blows up little kids. Because while they might wrongfully wish to remove the 2nd, at least they do not hide behind the Shield of Hypocrisy while doing it.
Just as you probably turn the other way on this
Elaine,
Perfect!
Considering how hard they all go after SwM, I’m thinking we should require her to wear flame resistant apparel when getting set to post … for her own protection.
Mike A.,
Talk to Gyges.
Blouise, It definitely has a familiar ring to it. 🙂
No many folks do I know support the wholesale use of domestic drones….
From Monty Python:
Elaine:
Love the poem. Does anyone posting here write music?
The poll is meaningless because the question was improperly framed. Christianity is not a single religion; it is a family of religions. Aside from such trivial concerns as the Constitution, suggesting the adoption of Christianity as our national religion makes as much sense as suggesting the adoption of Kraft as our national food.
Elaine,
No one does it better than Lewis Black!
Blouise,
Forgive the poetic license:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
And rounded up the infidils.
They brought them down, built a fire,
And burned the heretics on a pyre.
Yikes.
I guess if you are for reasonable gun restrictions, repeat restrictions, according to G. Mason, you are anti 2nd amendment. Nothing could be farther from the truth. But don’t let the truth stop you now. Please let us know why the 2nd amendment has no limits, but the First Amendment has limitations, some reasonable, some not so reasonable?
Mespo,
Great clip and great song. That day is forever in my memory. I was on campus in Illinois when it happened and my school shut down a few days later due to the protests. Sad day.
SwM,
Jack and Jill went up the hill …
Elaine,
Me thinks we are experiencing agent provocateur techniques 😉
Elaine M. Most non violent anti-drone people that I know are also for gun restrictions.
Oh great! We don’t have enough government tyranny. Let’s pile on some religious tyranny on top, you know, like a yummy cherry atop ice cream. After that, we’ll go to the carnival.