Half of Americans believe U.S. Christians persecuted

[reverendjeremiah]

World Net Daily Exclusive

!!! 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.

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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

[Rev. Rye]

My, my. Taking WND seriously, now, are you?

[Minimalist]

Let's throw a couple to the lions so they can see what it really means to be persecuted!

[reverendjeremiah]

My, my. Taking WND seriously, now, are you?

Actually..not a single bit. World NUT daily is another wingnut site that I keep an eye on.

Look at the question wording, and look at the three options of answers you were given.

Anyone can see that "persecuting christians" would at least make a 50% count easily

[DeistPaladin]

Let's throw a couple to the lions so they can see what it really means to be persecuted!

Min, you have to understand that words don't mean the same thing now that they used to.

"Persecution of Christians" = they can't persecute everyone else
"Class warfare" = Top 2% don't get a tax cut
"Bipartisanship" = Republicans run everything, Democrats bend over.
"Coming back to the center" = Run as far to the right as you can
"Republican mandate" = 51/49 election result in favor of the Republicans
"Public is calling for bipartisanship" = Democrats just won a massive landslide victory

[Minimalist]

I didn't know you spoke republicolibertarianazi, D-P?

[DeistPaladin]

I didn't know you spoke republicolibertarianazi, D-P?

Here's a good resource to study their language:





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[Doubting Thomas]

Get a brain Morans! See, I can speak teabagger too. But it only works if you misspel some of the words.

Christians in this country are soooo persecuted. What must we do to end the constant persecution? Dare I dream of a day when Christians are able to express their beliefs in public? Will a day ever come when they're allowed to actually build houses of worship? Will they ever be allowed to publicly display their faith by wearing crosses on their clothing or jewelry? Will they ever be so bold as to erect signs along busy highways professing their faith? Maybe a day will come when they can have their own TV channels and radio stations. And - dare I say it - will we ever see a day in which a Christian will even get elected to public office? Even president?

[Faith No More]

Christians have a persecution complex and since they're not being fed to the lions anymore this is the best they can do.

[Jaysyn]

The scientific telephone survey...

Seriously? Isn't that selection bias right there?

The only people that are going to sit thru a telephone survey are:

1.) Old folks.

2.) People with a particular axe to grind.