Most Americans Unhappy with Church, Politics Combo

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For the first time in more than a decade, a majority of Americans believe churches and houses of worship should keep out of political matters.

Currently, half of conservatives believe churches and other houses of worship should keep out of politics, up from just 30 percent four years ago.

In particular, the survey found the shift is strongest among Americans who are less educated, who consider gay “marriage” a very important issue, and who think the two major parties are unfriendly towards religion.

"To my mind, that spells frustration," said Andrew Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, according to The Associated Press. "But by the same token, we know these very same people are not interested in less religiosity in the political discourse. They almost universally want a religious person as president.

"It's not that they want to take religion out of politics, it's that their frustrations with the way things seem to be going are leading them to say, 'Well, maybe churches should back off on this.'"

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