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6 |
17% |
63% |
Months in jail that the Irish Council for Civil Liberties says clergy could face for distributing a Vatican statement on homosexuality, which the group says violates a 1989 hate crime law. | Americans who say they wouldn't vote for a well-qualified evangelical presidential candidate. | Americans who wouldn't vote for a qualified Muslim. |
38% |
50% |
|
White Americans who say President Bush's faith rightly affects his policies. | Black Americans who say his religion doesn't affect his policy enough. |
Sources: The Irish Times, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
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