Clearly a majority in both cases, and clearly they are vastly more Christian than anything else, too. And therein lies the stumbling block for most liberals and and socialists and communists and other leftists —progressives generally. If most folks in Canada and the U.S. were Muslims or Buddhists, maybe progressives would be more tolerant of religion than they are… well at least of certain religions —like they already are about their own teachings of their Church of Liberalism, for example. It appears they will not be content until Christianity, specifically, is erased from society.
So I thought this Sunday article at RasmussenReports.com was a good Sunday 
blog entry. Rasmussen clearly conducted this survey in response to a recent Wisconsin court ruling by an activist judge, U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb, as seen at left, who ruled that the traditional American day of prayer, first declared in the year 1775, was, in her self-esteemed and ever so modern opinion, now officially a politically-incorrect no-no, and suddenly unconstitutional.
So it’s really an exemplary story about how typical liberal-left, secular-progressive, activist judges attempt to overrule — override — the will of the people and their traditions and heritage and religious choices as guaranteed by the First Amendment, in order to social engineer the people, and force the people to adapt to what they perceive as their more correct secular-progressive world view.
No word on whether the Constitution is itself constitutional according to progressives. All we know is that they don’t like it.
80% Say Religious Faith is Important To Their Daily Lives
Sunday, April 25, 2010Eight-out-of-10 Americans (80%) say that their religious faith is at least somewhat important in their daily lives, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Just 18% feel their religious faith is not very or not at all important to their lives.
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of all adults describe their religious faith as very important to their daily living.
Women are more likely than men to feel their faith is very important to their lives. Sixty-six percent (66%) of African-Americans say their religious faith is very important, compared to 56% of whites. Married adults are more inclined than unmarrieds to rate their faith as very important to daily living.
While the majorities of those of all faiths say their religious beliefs are at least somewhat important to their daily lives, there are sharp differences in terms of those who describe it as very important. Eighty-two percent (82%) of Evangelical Christians say their religious faith is very important every day, a view shared by 65% of other Protestants, 46% of Catholics and 37% of those of other beliefs.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of adults say they pray at least once a day. Nineteen percent (19%) pray occasionally, while 15% rarely or never pray at all.
Adults who attend church regularly are more inclined to pray daily.
Seventy-two percent (72%) of those who pray every day say their religious faith is very important to their daily lives.
A federal judge in Wisconsin recently struck down as unconstitutional the National Day of Prayer, declared by Congress in 1952. But 60% of Americans favor having the federal government recognize a National Day of Prayer.
Sixty-seven percent (67%) of adults who favor a National Day of Prayer say a prayer daily, compared to 17% who rarely or never pray.
But then only 21% of all Americans think that rulings by judges in recent years regarding religion in public life have correctly interpreted the U.S. Constitution. Sixty-four percent (64%) of adults believe the judges’ rulings have been more anti-religious than the Founding Fathers intended.
While the courts in recent years have pushed religion out of most schools, Americans by a nearly two-to-one margin – 61% to 31% – favor prayer in public schools. Americans also remain overwhelmingly in favor of allowing religious symbols to be displayed on public land and feel even more strongly that public schools should celebrate at least some religious holidays.
And by the way, this won’t stop President Obama from ignoring the ruling as he goes ahead and proclaims May 6 2010 to be a National Day of Prayer, even if he did decide that like last year, “his” White House won’t lift a finger and do squat during that day, as had been the tradition since before the White House was even built and “hope” and “change” was invented by Barack Obama.
The Continental Congress first issued a day of prayer in 1775. The National Day of Prayer is now deemed to be the first Thursday of May.
The Obama administration has also announced it will appeal the Wisconsin judge’s idiotic decision. The Left will be outraged at his display of religious tolerance and defence of American heritage and traditions… and his “kowtowing” to the wishes of the vast majority of the American people, who are actually sensible folks instead of being secular-progressives.
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