Author: Daniel Malato

Religious freedom in America: popular and polarizing

By Elana Schor and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press August 5, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — The principle of religious freedom is important to most Americans. But as President Donald Trump touts his support for it during his reelection bid, there are notable fault lines among people of different faiths and political ideologies over what…

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Poll: US believers see message of change from God in virus

By Elana Schor and Hannah Fingerhut| The Associated Press May 15, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus has prompted almost two-thirds of American believers of all faiths to feel that God is telling humanity to change how it lives, a new poll finds. While the virus rattles the globe, causing economic hardship for millions and killing…

Poll shows a partisan split over virus-era religious freedom

By Elana Schor and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press May 13, 2020 NEW YORK (AP) — As the nation’s houses of worship weigh how and when to resume in-person gatherings while coronavirus stay-at-home orders ease in some areas, a new poll points to a partisan divide over whether restricting those services violates religious freedom.…

Poll: Most in US back curbing in-person worship amid virus

By Elana Schor and Emily Swanson | The Associated Press May 8, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — While the White House looks ahead to reopening houses of worship, most Americans think in-person religious services should be barred or allowed only with limits during the coronavirus pandemic — and only about a third say that prohibiting in-person…

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AP-NORC poll: Anxiety props up Biden, Trump voters fervent

By Steve Peoples and Hannah Fingerhut | The Associated Press July 27, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — Murtice Sherek is not excited about Joe Biden. The Minnesota Democrat, a 79-year-old retired nurse, preferred another candidate in the presidential primary. She also worries about Biden’s age, 77. But anxious about another four years of President Donald Trump,…