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Show Gallup Foil The Salt I ake Tribune, Monday IVcember , 15. I'tvi ,' Informed Americans Oppose Moral Majority By Dr George Gallup Weve got to PRINCETON, N J matro c.jrc cur candidates ptiral uphold biblical principles Otherwise we can kiss goodbye to our Chnst I well with mob.t Americans For example, by a margin, the public believes it is wrong for religious groups to work actively for the defeat of candidates who don't agree with their position on certain issues At the same time, however, the view of at least half the U S public, as determined by a survey conducted for Christianity Today by the Gallup Organization, Inc , is that it is "very or fairly important for religious organizations to make public statements on political and economic matters as to what they feel would be consonant with the will of God Church members, regular churchgoers. those who watch religious television programs and people who say religion plays an important role in their lives are more favorably disposed ian heritage This was a rrud- d e - a g e d storeowner from 1 York New speaking Said a young housewife from Missouri. "I don't mind religious leaders taking a stand on the issues, but I dont go along with these morality indexes of political candidates on issues These two comments reflect the are the results, based on controversy surrounding the Moral theFollowing total sample: Majority, the fundamentalist political movement started by the Rev Jerry RATING OF MORAL MAJORITY Falwell 8 Approve 13 The latest Gallup Poll sought to find Disapprove 5 No opinion out the level of public awareness of and TOTAL INFORMED MS, attitudes toward the controversial Total 74 d movement which some political obser100 Total sample vers believe was largely responsible for The following table shows current the defeat of certain key members of Congress in the November elections. attitudes toward the Moral Majority, The Moral Majority, which claimed in based on informed opinion: October that it had registered 4 million APPROVAL OF MORAL MAJORITY new fundamentalist voters nationally, (Views of informed' group) gave candidates morality ratings according to their stand on issues ranging from abortion to SALT II. The efforts of the Moral Majority and 34 Oiher conservative Christian groups to NATIONAL mobilize a Christian vote in the recent Regular ...30 churchgoers. presidential campaign have drawn Not regular churchgoers ....23 sharp criticism from certain quarters. 24 The most serious charge made against Church members ....24 these religious activists is that they Say religion is: violate the constitutional principle of 'Very' important in their lives ....27 separation of church and state. 'fairly' Less than half the sample (40 percent) Sayimportant 20 have heard or read about the Moral Say 'not very' 38 26 important Majority, while even fewer Have watched are of total the sample percent TV familiar with the objectives and goals religious programs in 27 last 12 months of this organization. 25 Have not Among the latter informed group, Voted for Reagan 35 disapproval outweighs approval 13 to 8 Voted lor Carter . 29 32 Republicans percent, with 5 percent undecided. 20 Democrats 27 of While a relatively small proportion Independents 20 Catholics the public is supportive of the Moral Men 28 8 be the noted it should that Majority, 24 Women 12 13 in to or favor College percent projects 49 education million adults nationally, a number High school when distributed among enough large 14 or less the states to be decisive in close years old ....19 old ....31 years congressional races. 27 and older Earlier surveys have indicated that 50 23 East efforts of religious leaders to tell voters Midwest 23 27 which presidential candidates they South 33 West should or should not vote for do not sit unaware-uninforme- toward the Moral Majority than are their opposite numbers Here is the first question asked Have you heard or read about an organization called the Moral Majority Tins group was then asked "In general, would you say that you mostly approve or mostly disapprove of the Moral Majority 0" A total of 40 percent replied affirmatively This group was then asked "From what you know about it. how would you describe the Moral Majority7 For example, what are its objectives and what does it stand for Judging from their responses to the above question, 26 percent of the public can be considered "informed about the Moral Majority. than The findings reported today are hased on in person mterv lew s w ith 1,551 adults. 18 or older, conducted in more 300 21-2- (Copyright' desktop Christmas Memories from (g selected scientifically localities across the nation during the period Nov For results based on a sample of this size, v ne can say with 95 percent confidence that the error attributable to sampling and other random effects could be three percentage points m either direction model HP-85- HEWLETT PACKARD the personal professional You get all this in the HP-8- In- 5 teractive graphics under keyboard control. 16K RAM stan- Memory Standard typewriter keyboard with separate numeric key pad and eight dard. user-definab- le special function keys High resolution CRT display with powerful thermal printer produces a hard copy of editing capability. 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