- Mar 23, 2005
- 8,172
- 4,442
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Atheist
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
This article looks at the trend that has been happening in American politics.
The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion
Mostly due to the Christian Right involvement in politics.
Which does lead to a larger issue, that houses of worship as no longer places where both sides in American politics can come together. There are fewer and fewer such places where liberals and conservatives can meet, and without them I can't see the current trend reversing.
Edit: fixed quotes
The Christian Right Is Helping Drive Liberals Away From Religion
Mostly due to the Christian Right involvement in politics.
But when two sociologists, Michael Hout and Claude Fischer, began to look at possible explanations for why so many Americans were suddenly becoming secular, those conventional reasons couldn’t explain why religious affiliation started to fall in the mid-1990s. Demographic and generational shifts also couldn’t fully account for why liberals and moderates were leaving in larger numbers than conservatives. In a paper published in 2002, they offered a new theory: Distaste for the Christian right’s involvement with politics was prompting some left-leaning Americans to walk away from religion.
Which does lead to a larger issue, that houses of worship as no longer places where both sides in American politics can come together. There are fewer and fewer such places where liberals and conservatives can meet, and without them I can't see the current trend reversing.
Edit: fixed quotes
Last edited: