Posted on 01/06/2015 7:18:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The incoming 114th Congress is much more Christian than the national population.
Despite deep divides in political ideology, lawmakers in the 114th Congress share other important beliefs with their colleagues in the previous Congress. These beliefs aren't rooted in the tangible, rough-and-tumble world of Capitol Hill, though—they're in the spiritual realm.
When the incoming GOP-controlled Congress is sworn in Tuesday, the ranks will remain overwhelmingly Christian. That's a continued divergence from the American public, which includes more religious minorities, such as Hindus and Buddhists.
According to a Pew survey released Monday, 91.8 percent of the 114th Congress subscribes to varying denominations of Christianity, including Protestantism and Catholicism, compared with 73 percent of American adults who identify as Christian. Lawmakers in the 113th were 90 percent Christian.
Democrats in Congress are marginally more religiously diverse than their GOP counterparts. According to Pew, 81.6 percent of incoming congressional Democrats are Christian, compared with 99.7 percent of Republicans.
Congress is also more Jewish than the American public, albeit by a smaller margin. Five percent of members identify as Jewish, compared with just 2 percent of the general public. And after former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's stunning defeat in his June GOP primary, the Republican caucus has just one Jewish member: Rep. Lee Zeldin, of New York's 1st District. Zeldin, a freshman, also holds the distinction of being congressional Republicans' only non-Christian lawmaker.
Where the new Congress departs from the American people the most, though, is in its unwavering religious piety—or at the very least, affiliation with a specific religion. While Americans are increasingly less religious, with 20 percent saying they aren't affiliated with any particular religion, only one lawmaker—Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., who represents just 0.2 percent of Congress—says she doesn't subscribe to any religion.
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My mistake. Unfortunately, there is not a facility to correct any mistakes or typos. :(
The Constitution nor the Bible require a representative body be diverse. Those who represent the people should be those whom the people choose by vote.
Affirmative action policies must come to an end.
91.8 percent of the 114th Congress CLAIMS TO subscribe to varying denominations of Christianity. This includes “Roman Catholic” Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Mikulski, with fourteen other democrat US Senators and about 65 other democrat congresscritters. Their claims to being Catholic are as believable as Obama’s claims to being Christian and a patriotic American.
The far left lies to get power (ask economist Jonathan Gruber), and lying about faith is one of the easiest and most useful lies for them.
Amen!!!
Thank you, Jesus!
A mistake of course, but I wouldn’t be surprised to find the current National Review producing an article like this.
The mods can correct an error of this kind. Hit the abuse button to contact them about this thread. Can't hurt to ask.
Given that we do not have proportional representation, this is hardly surprising.
If the small minority of Christian bashers don't like it here in the US, please, feel free to relocate to a country or region more suitable to your liking. Don't worry, nobody here will stop you.
In reality, 91% are probably atheist or agnostic. Many politicians only enter a church during election season.
Thanks.
Big mistake calling it National Review (although at this time I could have believed it).
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