Most Americans continue to oppose religious service refusals to LGBT people, survey finds
RNS A new survey finds that Americans continue to oppose the idea that small business owners should be able to refuse products or services to gay or lesbian people due to their religious beliefs. The survey by the Public Religion Research Institute follows up on findings released last week that show strong majorities within all religious groups also support nondiscrimination […]
Canadians, led by millennials, show broad tolerance for religion in public life
RNS Canada may appear very secular compared with its southern neighbor, but a new poll suggests there is more openness to religion than appears on the surface, especially among younger Canadians. The survey, called Faith in the Public Square, by the Angus Reid Institute found that 59 per cent of Canadians say the free expression of religion […]
For most Americans, new research says, family comes first
RNS As many Americans gather with their loves ones for Thanksgiving, a timely new survey from Pew Research confirms what miles of traffic jams and airport lines suggest: Family is the number one source to which Americans look for meaning, fulfillment and satisfaction in their lives. The survey, conducted in two waves in 2017, found clear and […]
US: POLL SUGGESTS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PUSH IS HAVING AN EFFECT
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how the issue of religious freedom is gaining traction in the US…
More than 90 per cent of teenaged Australians would like to do more to help refugees
More than 90 per cent of young Australians would like to do more to help refugees and only 9.4 per cent believe Australia is doing enough to help refugees through Australian aid, according to a new World Vision Australia survey. The findings of the national poll, released ahead of next month’s 40 Hour Famine Backpack Challenge, also […]
Sex scandals will not hurt charities as Britons pledge to keep giving – survey
Thomson Reuters Foundation Charitable donations will not be hurt by a series of sex scandals that have rocked the sector this year, a YouGov survey said last week, with four out of five Britons promising to give the same amount of money, or more, to good causes. The future of aid appears bright, it said, […]
Longer-term impact of Royal Wedding sermon on Brits limited, poll suggests
US Episcopal Bishop Michael Curry’s 14 minute sermon may have been the most “tweeted moment” during the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in Windsor last month, but a new poll suggests that its longer-term impact may not have been as great as some may have hoped. Commissioned by British thinktank Theos and […]
BELIEF: MOST AMERICANS BELIEVE, BUT NOT ALWAYS IN THE GOD OF THE BIBLE
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on a new survey into the belief of Americans…
More than 80 per cent of Australians would consider changes to Christmas spending, poll finds
More than 80 per cent of Australians would consider making changes to their usual Christmas spending habits to help the environment and rein in mass consumption, according to a Oxfam Australia-commissioned poll. The nation-wide online survey of 1,000 people, conducted by Research Now, found that almost half of those surveyed – 45 per cent – […]
More than half of UK don’t believe word ‘extreme’ is helpful in social and political discussions, poll finds
More than half of the British public think using the word ‘extreme’ is not helpful in social and political discussions, according to a poll commissioned by the Evangelical Alliance and a coalition of organisations in the UK. The ComRes research showed that 54 per cent of people think the word ‘extreme’ is not a helpful […]