Religion in the Public Sphere

From an entry of the same title in the MoJo Blog by Paige Austin:

A new report from the Center for American Progress says that religion and morality are deeply important to the vast majority of American voters-but with different political implications than one might think. While more than two-thirds of voters report praying at least once a day and over half say they attend religious services weekly, only a minority of them think that their own religion's teachings ought to shape public policy. More surprisingly, most respondents said that the values behind religion should underlie broader debates on poverty and hunger, homelessness, and government corruption. Yet fewer than half think the same about hot-button issues like abortion and gay marriage.