Results of Coral Ridge Ministries’
16th Annual Spiritual State of the Nation Survey*
Religious Freedom Issues
1. Do you support efforts to uphold the rights of religious freedom
and expression in public life?
[98%] Yes [1%] No [1%]
Undecided/No Answer
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?
[98%] Yes [1%] No [1%]
Undecided/No Answer
3. Do you support protecting the public display of the Ten
Commandments from the attacks of groups such as the ACLU?
[98%] Yes [1%] No [1%]
Undecided/No Answer
4. Should students have the right to pray in public school classrooms,
at sporting events, and graduation ceremonies?
[96%] Yes [1%] No [3%]
Undecided/No Answer
Government Issues
1. Do you agree with U.S. policies in the battle against terrorism?
[85%] Yes [4%] No [11%]
Undecided/No Answer
2. Should we back away from America’s traditional pro-Israel stance,
in light of the hatred it engenders in the Islamic community?
[10%] Yes [77%] No [13%]
Undecided/No Answer
Media/Television Issues
1. Do you believe that the national media report Christian, moral, and
religious issues in an unbiased manner?
[16%] Yes [78%] No [6%]
Undecided/No Answer
2. Do you support efforts to persuade advertisers and television
networks to clean up “trash TV” and to offer more family-valued
programming?
[98%] Yes [1%] No [1%]
Undecided/No Answer
3. Do you favor the restriction of homosexual displays of affection in
the media?
[91%] Yes [5%] No [4%]
Undecided/No Answer
Sexual Morality Issues
1. Should homosexual couples have the same rights of marriage as
heterosexual married couples?
[2%] Yes [96%] No [2%]
Undecided/No Answer
2. Should Congress pass and the states ratify a constitutional
amendment that limits marriage to a man and a woman?
[93%] Yes [3%] No [4%]
Undecided/No Answer
Education Issues
1. Should schools promote homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle?
[1%] Yes [98%] No [2%]
Undecided/No Answer
2. Should schools be required to teach evolution as a theory rather
than a fact?
[76%] Yes [18%] No [6%]
Undecided/No Answer
3. Should schools teach creationism?
[81%] Yes [7%] No [12%]
Undecided/No Answer
4. Should schools teach abortion as a woman’s right to choose?
[5%] Yes [91%] No [4%]
Undecided/No Answer
5. Should schools teach about contraceptive use?
[14%] Yes [71%] No [15%]
Undecided/No Answer
6. Should schools teach that only abstinence protects against sexually
transmitted diseases?
[92%] Yes [5%] No [3%]
Undecided/No Answer
7. Should schools be required to teach traditional American
history—including our religious moral heritage?
[98%] Yes [1%] No [1%]
Undecided/No Answer
Family Issues
1. Do you support a ban on partial-birth abortion and believe that we
should support efforts to
defend the law in court?
[93%] Yes [3%] No [4%]
Undecided/No Answer
2. Do you support legislation requiring abortionists to tell women
about the extreme pain their unborn child will experience during the
abortion procedure?
[91%] Yes [3%] No [5%]
Undecided/No Answer
3. Should girls under 18 to be allowed to obtain abortions without
parental consent?
[1%] Yes [96%] No [3%]
Undecided/No Answer
Confidence Issues Do you trust each of the following groups?
