What's Your Opinion?

I received a "2007 Spiritual State of the Nation Survey" in the mail. I wonder how many readers here would be willing to share their answers to these very important questions on social issues?

After answering each question, please feel free to offer additional comments on any of the issues that are most important to you.

To participate, just highlight, copy and paste the questions in the comment box. Next, use one of the following letters to indicate your answers:

Y = yes
N = no
U/NA = undecided/no answer

Religious Freedom Issues

1. Do you support efforts to uphold the rights of religious freedom and expression in public life?

2. Should pastors and others be allowed to publicly speak out against sexual sins, including homosexuality, without fear of being charged with a "hate-crime" and without jeopardizing the tax-exempt status of their churches?

3. Do you support protecting the public display of the Ten Commandments from the attacks of groups such as the ACLU?

4. Should students have the right to pray in public school classrooms, at sporting events, and graduation ceremonies?

Government Issues

1. Should evangelical pastors and people back away from America's traditional pro-Israel stance, in light of the recent Hezbollah offensive and the anti-Christian rage of the radical Islamists?

2. Is the United Nations a more trustworthy authority than the government of the United States?

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Court Issues

1. Should the President choose Supreme Court Justices and federal judges who will interpret the Constitution strictly, without legislating from the bench?

2. Should the Senate be barred from endlessly debating and stonewalling the President's judicial selections?

3. Should the U.S. Supreme Court uphold the federal ban on partial-birth abortion?

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Media/Television Issues

1. Do you believe that the national media report Christian, moral, and religious issues in an unbiased manner?

2. Do you support efforts to persuade advertisers and television networks to clean up "trash TV" and offer more family valued programming?

3. Do you favor the restriction of homosexual displays of affection in the media?

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Sexual Morality Issues

1. Should homosexual couples have the same rights of marriage as heterosexual married couples?

2. Should Congress pass and the states ratify a constitutional amendment that limits marriage to a man and a woman?

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Education Issues

1. Should schools promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle?

2. Should schools be required to teach evolution as a theory rather than a fact?

3. Should schools teach that women have a constitutional right to end the life of their unborn child by having an abortion?

4. Should schools teach about contraceptive use?

5. Should schools teach that only abstinence protects against sexually transmitted diseases?

6. Should schools be required to teach traditional American history - including our religious and moral heritage?

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Family Issues

1. Do you support the ban on partial-birth abortion and believe that we should support efforts to defend the law in federal court?

2. Do you support legislation requiring abortionists to tell women about the extreme pain their unborn child will experience during the abortion procedure?

3. Should parents be allowed to raise, discipline, and educate their children free from government interference?

4. Should girls under 18 be allowed to obtain abortions without parental knowledge or consent?

5. Should taxpayer dollars flow into abortion provider organizations like Planned Parenthood?

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Faith Issues

1. Did you read your Bible more in the past year than the year before?

2. Did you share the Gospel with more people in the past year than the year before?

3. Did you attend church more in the past year than the year before?

4. Did you share your Christian point of view in the last year more than the year before?

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Confidence Issues

Do you trust each of the following groups?

Pastors?

Local government officials ?

Local public school officials?

Congressional representatives?

The President?