Religious groups need to back off partisanship to shore up confidence

July 16, 2012

source: Deseret News

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MR says: Surveys show a growing lack of confidence in religious institutions and a flight from faith, especially among "millennials."

A growing number of Americans are losing confidence in religious institutions, along with schools, Congress, banks and television news, according to a recent poll.

Gallup's annual confidence survey found all of the 16 institutions measured this year either held steady or declined in public confidence. The biggest declines in public confidence, from last year to this year, were in television news, public schools and organized religion.

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