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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 05/27/2005 : 00:18:38
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This one covers a lot of territory, but there are not many suprises, really.
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May 25, 2005 - U.S. Voters Back Roe v. Wade 2-1, Support Filibusters, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Bush Approval At Lowest Point Ever
While American voters have mixed opinions about abortion, they support the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision 63 - 33 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today. Men support it 68 - 28 percent, while women support it 58 - 37 percent.
Voters divided along party lines on the use of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate "to keep unfit judges off the bench" or prevent a full vote on judicial nominees. Republicans oppose filibusters 48 - 39 percent while Democrats support their use 70 - 23 percent and independent voters back them 54 - 39 percent.
Voters nationwide approve 44 - 39 percent of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing, the lowest score for the court and down from a 56 - 27 percent approval in a March 5, 2003, poll by the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University.
As President George W. Bush makes future Supreme Court nominations, 39 percent of Americans want to maintain the present ideological balance on the court, while 29 percent want the court to be more liberal and 27 percent want it to be more conservative.
"While the filibuster fight ended in a truce, most American voters were backing the Democrats on this one," said Maurice Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "If this fight were really about Roe v. Wade, Quinnipiac University polls have shown a consistent 2 -1 support for this historic ruling, with more support from men."
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
 Posted - 05/27/2005 : 01:08:22 [Permalink]
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Actually, I was pleasantly surprised to find that Roe v Wade still enjoyed as much support as it did.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2005 : 14:48:28 [Permalink]
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| Well, the numbers are interesting, and they show the trend that has been aparent for a while now: Where America is heading... Down south. |
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
USA
4574 Posts |
Posted - 05/27/2005 : 16:03:20 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Well, the numbers are interesting, and they show the trend that has been aparent for a while now: Where America is heading... Down south.
And yet there's reason to remain hopeful. A large majority still supports a woman's right to choose. A majority supports the actions of the Supreme Court (though support did fall). A majority wants the present ideological balance of the Supreme Court to remain the same, which I find strongly encouraging. And Bush's approval rating is at the lowest of his presidency.
Maybe I found all this encouraging only because my general outlook was gloomier to begin with.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2005 : 07:35:29 [Permalink]
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8113152/
Here's another interesting poll....
I'm not sure how good this one is, as it has only 2% of Americans (USA) saying they don't believe in god.
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Nearly all U.S. respondents said faith is important to them and only 2 percent said they do not believe in God.
I thought the number would be higher.
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2005 : 09:56:25 [Permalink]
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That does sound low. I thought it was more like 5%
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I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 06/06/2005 : 10:19:50 [Permalink]
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Must be polling the south only again'
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2005 : 16:13:29 [Permalink]
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| Mm... what was Roe vrs Wade about? I'm clueless and too lazy to find out by myself. |
"Why are you afraid of something you're not even sure exists?"
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
USA
6891 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2005 : 18:12:18 [Permalink]
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| Roe V Wade: Legalization of abortion in the US. |
Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 06/06/2005 : 19:35:43 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
I'm not sure how good this one is, as it has only 2% of Americans (USA) saying they don't believe in god.
The 2001 ARIS poll of 50,000 U.S. residents (compare against the 1,000 of the poll in question) had 0.9% self-identifying as atheist or agnostic, but another 13.2% self-identifying as "non-religious/secular." How many of the total 14.1% would have said they "don't believe in god," no one can say.
A 2000 Harris poll (on the same page) of over 13,000 people had 7.1% agnostic or atheist, and another 10% "nonreligious/no answer." Dumb way to group those, but they were looking at the presidential question, not quantifying religions alone. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 06/06/2005 : 23:59:04 [Permalink]
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From American Atheists:
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Do You Believe in Jesus?
THEIST: That's a lie. Jesus Christ is our lord and savior and everyone in the world worships him. Do you believe in Jesus Christ?
We are not going to get anywhere by the use of invectives. Please go to the encyclopedia, but preferably one that deals with world religion, and look at the statistics for and the age of the various religious groups in the world. We can tell you in general terms what the situation is, but you really need to do some research yourself. There are about 900 million hindus, about 1.3 billion muslims, about 2 billion christians, about 360 million buddhists, about 225 million confucians (includes Chinese folk religions), about 15 million jews, and about 15 million sikhs, and most important about 850 million people who are secular/agnostic/non-religious and atheist. The second youngest of these religions is christianity and the very youngest is the islamic, the religion of the muslims. As to the next part of your question, there was no historical jesus, therefore there is no such person for anyone to "believe in."
I can't vouch for the accuratcy of these numbers. I read on the site some time ago that the percentage of atheists in the US was something like 10 to 12.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
2322 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2005 : 07:16:01 [Permalink]
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| That depends. Most people I know will answer they believe in God, though they will not pray, will not follow any religion, or do anything about it. I know some people answer "yes" as a standard answer or have never thought about the possibility of atheism. |
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