Good news - Religious strangle hold on America easing off
"The Protestant majority that dominated American culture through U.S. history has dipped below 50 percent
Liberal-leaning Protestant groups started shrinking earlier, but some evangelical churches are now in decline. The conservative Southern Baptist Convention lost 200,000 from its ranks in 2014 alone, dropping to 15.5 million, its smallest number in more than two decades.
At the same time, the Bible Belt, as a cultural force, is collapsing, said the Rev. Russell Moore, head of the Southern Baptist public policy agency.
Nearly a quarter of Americans say they no longer affiliate with a faith tradition. It's the highest share ever recorded in surveys, indicating the stigma for not being religious has eased — even in heavily evangelical areas. Americans who say they have no ties to organized religion now make up about 23 percent of the population, just behind evangelicals, who comprise about 25 percent, according to the Pew Research Center."
And that's probably why we are hearing that cry, "We Need to Take Our (our?) Country Back" - Kim Davis types, Ten Commandments , Religious Right, Moral Majority, Bible Belt, Same Sex Marriage, Conservative Christians, etc. , etc. are loosing their influence and clout as America and Americans are evolving into replacing social issues (bathrooms and such) with real life issues.
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