An overwhelming majority of Americans favor allowing traditional Christian values and symbols in the nation’s culture, according to a study by the Barna Group.
The study, released July 26, found that 79 percent of adults rejected any policy toward “removing signs that list the Ten Commandments from government buildings,” including 60 percent who were “strongly opposed.” Fewer than one out of every five adults supports such a policy.
Other findings include:
-Only 13 percent of those questioned favored eliminating the phrase “In God We Trust” from the nation’s currency, while 84 percent oppose the idea. Nearly three-quarters of the population was “strongly opposed” to the change.
-Just 15 percent of adults were in favor of removing the phrase “one nation, under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance while 84 percent were opposed.
-About 60 percent of Americans favor teaching creationism in public schools while fewer than 40 percent do not.
-Eighty-three percent of those surveyed said allowing the use of a word for male-female relations on broadcast television is inappropriate. Just 15 percent thought it was acceptable, Barna found.
-By a two-to-one margin, Americans are opposed to a constitutional amendment to establish Christianity as the official religion of the United States.
Barna’s nationwide survey among 1,618 randomly selected adults was conducted during the last week of May. (BP)
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