Most Americans believe the law should offer broad protections to churches, religious organizations and people of faith. But when they’re asked to weigh in on the relationship between religion and government, this consensus begins to fall apart, according to new research from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
The survey, which aimed to offer a “30,000 foot view” on the public’s relationship with religious freedom, still holds plenty of good news for supporters of this First Amendment right. Amid contentious legal and legislative battles over how to balance protections for people of faith with protections for the LGBTQ community and other groups, the majority of U.S. adults support the principles underlying religious freedom law.
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