{"id":23534,"date":"2011-11-07T13:00:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T20:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/07\/the-demographics-of-the-religious-right.html"},"modified":"2011-11-07T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T00:28:12","slug":"the-demographics-of-the-religious-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/07\/the-demographics-of-the-religious-right.html","title":{"rendered":"The Demographics of the Religious Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And, for that matter, the Religious Left.  As time goes on, the importance of religion &#8212; religious issues, religious identity of candidates, religious entanglement with government &#8212; is going to continue to diminish.  That&#39;s part, I think, of why the Religious Right is getting progressively more shrill (and more insistent on getting into the classroom, controlling the public square, etc.), as this is a direct threat to their political and social dominance. #ddtb<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcms0.good.is%2Fposts%2Ffull_1320674770atheistbus.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/the-rise-of-the-atheists-1-in-4-millennials-don-t-identify-with-any-religion\/'>The Rise of the Atheists: 1 in 4 Millennials Don&#39;t Identify With Any Religion &#8211; Politics &#8211; GOOD<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA record number of Millennials don&#39;t claim any religion as their own. How will this affect the future of America?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And, for that matter, the Religious Left. As time goes on, the importance of religion &#8212; religious issues, religious identity of candidates, religious entanglement with government &#8212; is going to continue to diminish. 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