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FRIDAY, MAR 10, 2017 12:46 PM EST
White evangelicals are the only major religious group to think that Christians are discriminated against
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The degree to which discrimination exists in American society is in the eye of the beholder, apparently. According to the latest poll from the Public Religion Research Institute, a white evangelical in the U.S. is more likely to think that Christians experience a lot of discrimination compared to Muslims.
The survey found that 57 percent of white evangelicals believe that Christians face a lot of discrimination in America, while only 44 percent recognized that same level of discrimination for the Muslim community. White evangelicals were the one major religious group to indicate that Christians faced heavy persecution. In contrast, roughly 75 percent of religiously unaffiliated Americans and non-white Protestants agree that Muslims face the most discrimination, according to the poll.
Perceptions of discrimination is stark in America. Nearly half of white Americans said they believe that black Americans experience racial discrimination, while 87 percent of black Americans have come to that same conclusion, the poll found.
Christian persecution and religious freedom is a legitimate concern for the Republican Party. They recently crafted the First Amendment Defense Act, federal legislation mirrored after the religious freedom laws that have popped up across the country, including in Vice President Mike Pences Indiana.
President Donald Trumps executive order, which barred entry of travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries, failed its judicial test in part because the ban excluded religious minorities in those countries, also known as Christians. The administration appeared to have a preference for a certain religious group, a court found. Meanwhile, the GOP has long focused on the plight of Christians in non-secular countries in the Middle East.
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http://www.salon.com/2017/03/10/white-evangelicals-say-christians-face-more-persecution-than-muslims-poll/
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)a colosseum full of lions. I wouldn't put it past emperor tRump.
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)that they are the persecuted ones. It certainly is not based on modern facts.
Dangerous fiction.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)To the winger fundie, persecution is the frustration they feel when their moral inferiors won't get off welfare, stop having premarital sex, extra-marital sex, gay sex, stop using birth control, and have a personal relationship with their Lord and Savior Trum....err Jesus Christ.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)They can't force their religious laws and beliefs on the whole country YET, so that is their version of oppression.
KatyMan
(4,211 posts)"Perceptions of discrimination is stark in America"...Perceptions is stark? Guess the copywriter was homscholed?
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Coventina
(27,172 posts)malaise
(269,187 posts)They are being prosecuted.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)ISIS?
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)If they think they're being persecuted, I'd love to show them persecution, all right!
linuxman
(2,337 posts)meow2u3
(24,774 posts)You draw your own conclusions.
Initech
(100,104 posts)Armed with nothing but a Bible, and see how far that gets them.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)White evangelicals have no problem with any oppressive legislation as long as they're not targeted.
Wanna make'em pass a beefed-up Voting Rights Act? Treat them like they do minorities, disabled people, young adults, and seniors regarding their voting rights--suppress Republican voters!
Initech
(100,104 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)That's cool, we can persecute them since they appear to be begging for it.
Initech
(100,104 posts)Because they apparently love and worship the devil, which is why Alex Jones sounds like him:
And their practices and policies are more in line with what Satan thinks than what Jesus thinks. So by that logic, maybe they just worship Satan?
I don't disagree - they certainly are filled with hatred.
ProfessorGAC
(65,212 posts)Just a ridiculous perception held by ridiculous people with a persecution complex without merit