Recent Blog and Our Take

Some Pray, Others Reason for the United States’ Well-Being

[05.03.2012]

Today, across the country, Americans will observe the 61st Annual National Day of Prayer, which was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress. The first Thursday of May is reserved for this nationwide opportunity to pray for the United States’ wellbeing, and there are tens of thousands of prayer events scheduled across the country to commemorate it. According to the Christian Broadcasting Network, the number of prayer events… more

Our Corner | Religious Issues of the 2012 Presidential Campaign

[04.09.2012]

On Sunday, our CEO, Dr. Robert P. Jones, was invited to appear on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,” where he discussed the role that religion has played in presidential campaigns past and present. Dr. Jones took audience questions and discussed a variety of issues related to religion and politics, including Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith and the debate over the contraceptive mandate. Watch it here:

In Search of Secularism: “Reason Rally” Gathers Non-Believers on the National Mall

[03.30.2012]

  by Michela Corcorran, PRRI intern Atheists, agnostics, and secular humanists alike gathered on the National Mall last weekend to celebrate secular values, and protest the influence of religion in politics. The “Reason Rally,” sponsored by many of the country’s foremost secular organizations, welcomed an estimated 20,000 people to its cause on Saturday. The rally hosted a number of prominent speakers, including prominent atheist scholar Dr. Richard Dawkins. It also… more

Our Corner | Thousands Rally for Religious Freedom Nationwide

[03.26.2012]

Late last week, protesters gathered across the country to rally against what they see as the growing threat to religious liberty in the United States. Foremost among their grievances was the contraception mandate in the new health care law, which requires religiously affiliated employers to provide no-cost birth control to their employees through their insurance plans. In a piece for NPR, however, Dr. Robert P. Jones, our CEO, explained that… more

Our Corner | PRRI on the Air at State of Belief

[03.19.2012]

This past weekend our CEO, Dr. Robert P. Jones was interviewed on State of Belief Radio with Rev. Welton C. Gaddy. They discussed PRRI’s most recent survey on American attitudes about the state of religious liberty in America and the contraception debate. During the interview, he noted that most Americans (including Catholics) do not believe their religious liberty is under attack in the U.S. He also noted that among Americans who… more