Half of Americans believe U.S. Christians persecuted
May 8, 2011 at 7:29 pm
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Half of Americans believe U.S. Christians persecuted
But poll shows 1 in 3 Democrats believes such treatment 'necessary'
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=294133#ixzz1LlpvnkTd
Editor's note: This is another in a series of WND/WENZEL Polls conducted exclusively for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies.
Almost half of Americans believe that Christians in the United States are being persecuted by homosexual "marriage" advocates who take legal action against them over their religious beliefs, and almost one in three Democrats believes such treatment is "necessary," according to the alarming results of a new poll
The results are from a WND/WENZEL Poll conducted for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies.
The scientific telephone survey was conducted April 19-21 and has a margin of error of 3.23 percentage points. It found that 49.2 percent of all respondents consider the legal activism against Christians and their beliefs regarding homosexuality to be "persecution."
The question was, "There is a trend developing in which gay activists are filing lawsuits against people who refuse to do business with them on moral/religious grounds – such as when a New Mexico photographer was sued by a lesbian couple for refusing to photograph their wedding. Knowing this, which of the following statements most closely represents what you think about this?"
Join the crowd telling Congress to leave the 5,000-year-old definition of marriage alone.
More than two of three Republicans called it "persecution of Christians," along with 45 percent of independents. Even 33.1 percent of Democrats had he same answer.
But 31 percent of Democrats, as well as 12 percent of Republicans and 24 percent of independents, said, "Such tactics are necessary."
In the New Mexico case, Judge Alan Malott ordered Elane Photography, run by a Christian husband and wife, to pay two lesbians some $6,600 for refusing to take photographs at a "wedding" for Vanessa Willock and Misty Pasconttini, even though the state didn't recognize the "marriage."
The judge noted that homosexuals have been given special protections.
Large numbers (35.8 percent of Democrats, 20.4 percent of Republicans and 30.7 percent of independents) said they were not sure, even though when voters around the nation have been given the opportunity to define marriage in their state law or constitution, they have picked a one-man-one-woman definition of marriage 31 times out of 31 votes.
The poll, as WND previously reported, also showed that an overwhelming majority of Americans say elementary school is no place to promote the homosexual lifestyle.
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Poll Question:
There is a trend developing in which gay activists are filing lawsuits against people who refuse to do business with them on moral/religious grounds – such as when a New Mexico photographer was sued by a lesbian couple for refusing to photograph their wedding. Knowing this, which of the following statements most closely represents what you think about this?
Available poll answers:
#1 - Such tactics are necesary
#2 - Is persecution of Christians
#3 - Not sure
Dont believe me? Check out their data page:
http://www.wnd.com/files/WND4-2011CrosstabReportQ4.pdf
!!! FAITH UNDER FIRE !!!
Half of Americans believe U.S. Christians persecuted
But poll shows 1 in 3 Democrats believes such treatment 'necessary'
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=294133#ixzz1LlpvnkTd
Editor's note: This is another in a series of WND/WENZEL Polls conducted exclusively for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies.
Almost half of Americans believe that Christians in the United States are being persecuted by homosexual "marriage" advocates who take legal action against them over their religious beliefs, and almost one in three Democrats believes such treatment is "necessary," according to the alarming results of a new poll
The results are from a WND/WENZEL Poll conducted for WND by the public-opinion research and media consulting company Wenzel Strategies.
The scientific telephone survey was conducted April 19-21 and has a margin of error of 3.23 percentage points. It found that 49.2 percent of all respondents consider the legal activism against Christians and their beliefs regarding homosexuality to be "persecution."
The question was, "There is a trend developing in which gay activists are filing lawsuits against people who refuse to do business with them on moral/religious grounds – such as when a New Mexico photographer was sued by a lesbian couple for refusing to photograph their wedding. Knowing this, which of the following statements most closely represents what you think about this?"
Join the crowd telling Congress to leave the 5,000-year-old definition of marriage alone.
More than two of three Republicans called it "persecution of Christians," along with 45 percent of independents. Even 33.1 percent of Democrats had he same answer.
But 31 percent of Democrats, as well as 12 percent of Republicans and 24 percent of independents, said, "Such tactics are necessary."
In the New Mexico case, Judge Alan Malott ordered Elane Photography, run by a Christian husband and wife, to pay two lesbians some $6,600 for refusing to take photographs at a "wedding" for Vanessa Willock and Misty Pasconttini, even though the state didn't recognize the "marriage."
The judge noted that homosexuals have been given special protections.
Large numbers (35.8 percent of Democrats, 20.4 percent of Republicans and 30.7 percent of independents) said they were not sure, even though when voters around the nation have been given the opportunity to define marriage in their state law or constitution, they have picked a one-man-one-woman definition of marriage 31 times out of 31 votes.
The poll, as WND previously reported, also showed that an overwhelming majority of Americans say elementary school is no place to promote the homosexual lifestyle.
=====
Poll Question:
There is a trend developing in which gay activists are filing lawsuits against people who refuse to do business with them on moral/religious grounds – such as when a New Mexico photographer was sued by a lesbian couple for refusing to photograph their wedding. Knowing this, which of the following statements most closely represents what you think about this?
Available poll answers:
#1 - Such tactics are necesary
#2 - Is persecution of Christians
#3 - Not sure
Dont believe me? Check out their data page:
http://www.wnd.com/files/WND4-2011CrosstabReportQ4.pdf
