One in three Americans want Christianity to be the official religion of the United States, according to a recently released poll.
The new poll, released on April 5 by HuffPost Live, shows that a third of Americans would like to establish Christianity as their official state religion, and about the same percentage of people would support a constitutional amendment to make Christianity the official religion of the United States.
The poll reports that it is mainly Republicans supporting the establishment of Christianity as the official religion of the United States. The poll also reports that 25 percent of those Americans under 30 support the idea of Christianity being the official religion, while 40 percent of Americans over 65 support Christianity as being named the official religion of the United States.
Earlier this week, North Carolina Republicans introduced legislation that would clear the way for the state to adopt an official, state religion. If passed, the proposed legislation would have declared North Carolina exempt from the U.S. Constitution and other federal court rulings which explicitly prohibit the establishment of an official state religion. However, the resolution supporting the creation of an official religion in North Carolina will never come to a vote. On Thursday, April 4, House Speaker Thom Tillis' office declared the legislation was dead.
What do you think about one in three Americans wanting to circumvent the U.S. Constitution in order to establish Christianity as the official state religion? Is America a Christian nation? Leave a comment - express yourself.
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