Democrat party - for atheists?

[BobRyan]

The Guardian makes this observation -

2012 UK Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/19/us-public-opinion-israel-palestine-gaza

What about a religion gap?

The common wisdom that Christian Zionism is a big part of America's support for Israel is borne out in the data. While 22% of Americans think the US has been too supportive of Israel, only 13% of white evangelicals agreed, in that Pew Survey. And 40% of white evangelicals believe America has not been supportive enough – which is double the percentage of Americans overall. White moderate Protestants and Catholics are both close to the American electorate at large.

The largest religious group that is least favorably disposed to Israel is the unaffiliated (that is, agnostics, atheists, and those who identify as nothing in particular). That's not too surprising[color:#CC0000] considering that most unaffiliateds are Democrats and that support for Israel is often, at least in part, a religious experience. So 33% of religiously unaffiliated Americans believe that the US is too supportive of Israel, and only 9% say we haven't been supportive enough. Still, the percentage of unaffiliated Americans who think US support is about right (at 44%), or not supportive enough (that 9%), is a majority, with 53%.

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Thoughts?

in Christ,

Bob

[lazarus]

What does the title of the thread have to do with the article or religious liberty

[phkrause]

The Guardian makes this observation -

2012 UK Guardian

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/19/us-public-opinion-israel-palestine-gaza

What about a religion gap?

The common wisdom that Christian Zionism is a big part of America's support for Israel is borne out in the data. While 22% of Americans think the US has been too supportive of Israel, only 13% of white evangelicals agreed, in that Pew Survey. And 40% of white evangelicals believe America has not been supportive enough – which is double the percentage of Americans overall. White moderate Protestants and Catholics are both close to the American electorate at large.

The largest religious group that is least favorably disposed to Israel is the unaffiliated (that is, agnostics, atheists, and those who identify as nothing in particular). That's not too surprising[color:#CC0000] considering that most unaffiliateds are Democrats and that support for Israel is often, at least in part, a religious experience. So 33% of religiously unaffiliated Americans believe that the US is too supportive of Israel, and only 9% say we haven't been supportive enough. Still, the percentage of unaffiliated Americans who think US support is about right (at 44%), or not supportive enough (that 9%), is a majority, with 53%.

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Thoughts?

in Christ,

Bob

I'm in kind of agreement with this. You do know the reason why this is the case? They believe that the Temple will be rebuilt, etc., etc. But we've had quite a number of Democratic Presidents that have been very supportive of Israel also.