You can be gay, black or even a woman, but America will not tolerate a president who has no religion.
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That the US remains so concerned that its leaders be people of faith is surprising.
In most industrial societies, the level of religiosity declines as the society becomes wealthier and more sophisticated, according to John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which regularly surveys attitudes towards religion in the US.
Yet the US remains a highly religious place. Not the most religious place on the planet, but certainly more religious than Europe and Australia.
America is like white trash with money. While the country became wealthier, sophistication did not follow.
Read more.
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That the US remains so concerned that its leaders be people of faith is surprising.
In most industrial societies, the level of religiosity declines as the society becomes wealthier and more sophisticated, according to John Green, a senior fellow at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, which regularly surveys attitudes towards religion in the US.
Yet the US remains a highly religious place. Not the most religious place on the planet, but certainly more religious than Europe and Australia.
America is like white trash with money. While the country became wealthier, sophistication did not follow.
Read more.
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