82% of Americans say religious freedom is key to ‘healthy American society’
By: Michael Gryboski
Religious liberty is a fundamental right. It is in fact one of the inalienable God given rights the founders wrote and spoke about. Freedom of religion and the free exercise there of is our first freedom.
Freedom of religion is but on of many free will choices God has given us. Government should not by policy or law step in between a person and their free excercise there of of their religious beliefs in their citizens daily life.
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82% of Americans say religious freedom is key to ‘healthy American society’: poll
50% say churches, faith-based orgs shouldn't be required to hire people who oppose their beliefs
More than four-fifths of surveyed Americans believe that freedom of religion is an important aspect of a “healthy American society,” according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports and Summit Ministries.
In findings announced Tuesday , the report found that 67% of respondents said freedom of religion is “very important to a healthy American society,” while 15% said it was “somewhat important to a healthy American society.”
Some 9% of respondents said they believe freedom of religion was either “not very important” or “not at all important” to a “healthy American society,” while 9% said they were unsure.
Party affiliation only offered slight variance, as 86% of Republican respondents said freedom of religion is very important or somewhat important, while 83% of Independents and 79% of Democrats also responded that it was very or somewhat important.
The poll also found that 50% of Americans believe that churches and faith-based charities should not be required by law to hire people who oppose their religious beliefs, while 20% of Americans say they should be required, and 30% of Americans were not sure.
Summit President Jeff Myers said in a statement included in the announcement that he believed the findings showed “that the American people overwhelmingly support the continued protection of the Constitutional right of freedom of religion.”
“Yet, leaders in Washington, D.C., are aggressively pushing forward on legislative measures such as the mislabeled Equality Act , which specifically strips away religious freedom protections,” stated Myers.
“In an era of hyper-partisanship, freedom of religion retains broad, bi-partisan support among Democrats, Republicans and Independents.”
The poll drew from a sample of 1,000 likely voters in the United States, being conducted June 16-17 and with a margin of error of +/- 3 percentage points.
Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in which they conclude that a Christian foster agency could not be forced to place kids in same-sex households.
Known as Fulton v. City of Philadelphia , the high court ruled city officials were wrong to quit working with Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for refusing on religious grounds to place children with same-sex couples.
“Government fails to act neutrally when it proceeds in a manner intolerant of religious beliefs or restricts practices because of their religious nature,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts for the court.
“The refusal of Philadelphia to contract with CSS for the provision of foster care services unless it agrees to certify same-sex couples as foster parents cannot survive strict scrutiny, and violates the First Amendment.”
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What percentage of Americans define religious freedom the same way you do? Not very many...
Unfortunately, for many politicians, "religious freedom" means that religions have the freedom to do whatever they want.
So human sacrifice or such would be ok if it were part of someone's religious belief/exercise?
And religion needs to stay out of government, per the separation of church and state.
Plus murder, slavery, and rape. All those and more are approved of in the bible, along with human sacrifice.
This is true. All that and more.
You said, "As long as they are following their religious beliefs they have the free exercise there of right to practice it as they see fit." Your words! Now you're trying to backtrack.
Irrelevant! In this country, ALL religions are viewed the same and equally protected under the law. Not just the ones affiliated with the bible!
There is no opposition to religious liberty in America. That's just fear mongering paranoia created by theists.
So you do not believe in religious freedom?
Jesus wasn't sacrificed to god???
Probably only religious freedom for Christians. And yes, Jesus was a blood sacrifice, which makes absolutely no sense when you think about it.
Makes no sense in that....:
Jesus is god, so Jesus sacrificed himself to himself, and how can it be a sacrifice if he is still alive and still god?
That kind of makes no sense?
Take it a step further: Jesus was sacrificed to absolve man of sin. But why would an omnipotent god who can by definition do anything, including merely waving his hand to remove sin, require a blood sacrifice, which also mirrors what other cultures have done at the time?
It makes zero sense if one looks at it objectively.
And another step, why would god need to absolve man of sin, when it was he himself that gave man that sin?
Indeed. But some prefer to blame man and/or Satan while giving God a free pass.
I’ve raised that point a few times. Being all powerful and all knowing, god WANTS man to sin, that is clearly part of his “plan” since he gave us the power to do it and knows we are going to exercise that power. By sinning we are just carrying out god’s will.
But how can man be blamed for original sin ? And, who created "Satan"???
Especially if you point out that god, created sin in the 1st place. If he didn't want man to sin, he shouldn't have created it.
Exactly. But some theists do not want to objectively analyze that. Instead, it's our fault and God can do no wrong. And I thought blind partisanship was bad. But that's nothing compared to religious delusion.
If everything is going according to God's plan or will or whatever, then there is nothing we can do differently to alter that. Which negates the idea of free will.
Free will, and the christian bible, get very very sticky.
Logically, an omniscient God negates the possibility of free will. Its been explained many times too. But there are those who refuse to accept logic.
Ahhh, theists.
You didn't here it from me.
The first amendment is key, of which religious freedom is a part. Believe whatever you like as long as those beliefs are not being imposed on or to the detriment of others and conform to federal and state laws.
The Equality Act 2021 protects LGBTQ+ people from discrimination. You bigots out there will have to show me in your holy book(s) of dogma where it's a commanded practice to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. Considering this bullshit article in support of hate is centered around Christians - I've read that book several times and I don't see any commandments from God or Jesus that says one must bake cakes only for straight people. Think of this as a challenge to convert me... I double dog dare you.