I saw this news today and I have to say it gave me some hope that sanity is returning to U.S. citizens. I thought I would share the numbers with you.

Fifty percent of conservatives think churches and other places of worship should stay out of social and political matters, up from 30 percent four years ago, according to a survey released Thursday by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life and the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

That significant shift in conservative thought has brought the country to a tipping point on the question: a slim majority of Americans _ 52 percent _ now think churches should keep out of politics.

That's an eight percentage point increase over 2004 and the first time a majority of Americans has held that opinion since Pew officials started asking the question 12 years ago.

On this question, the gap between conservatives and liberals is narrowing: just four years ago, liberals were twice as likely as conservatives to say churches should stay out of politics. Now, 50 percent of conservatives and 57 percent of liberals think that. Four years ago, 62 percent of liberals opposed church involvement in politics. Democrats and Republicans are about even on the question, as well.

interesting

"a slim majority of Americans _ 52 percent _ now think churches should keep out of politics."
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Churches are people, most are voting citizens. Why should they not have as much right to be involved in politics as any others?

Everyone has a right to be involved in politics.

Imposing your religious views on the rest of it is another matter entirely.

great find and article thanks for posting it

no doubt they are backing down because of the possibility of being taxed like any other political organization..If youre going to get into politics then you have to pay like everyone else does...