We hear of a survey saying Americans hold that some religions deserve more religious freedom than others. Eighty-two percent believe religious freedoms are important to Christians, 70 percent believe they are important for Jews, 67 percent for Mormons, and 61 percent for Muslims.
The survey comes from The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
I'm sure many, like me, see an oxymoron here, as freedom of religion is not freedom of religion unless it is extended to all religions. Would you have a law that says you cannot kill unless it is a Jew? That might be an example that seems to go too far, but I wonder. Without getting more into what Americans feel, with a deeper survey, we are left to wonder what the AP survey really shows.
Does, though, the survey simply unveil the bigotry existent in America? If 82 percent believe Christians deserve the freedoms, and only 61 percent believe Muslims do, does that mean 21 percent of those in our society are bigots?
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