Previous Weekly Polls

Note: This is a polling service for issues of concern to atheists, agnostics, skeptics and rationalists. Every week a different question will appear. Discussion of the results may be found in the Message Forum.

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For 02/16/00

The U.S. House of Representatives has been sharply divided over the choice of its next official Chaplain. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has named a Protestant, Rev. Charles Parker Wright as his choice, and some see this as a "bone" to the GOP's religious right. Others, including the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, demand that a Catholic priest (Rev. Thomas O'Brien) be appointed instead (that he was earlier rejected is regarded as a sign of anti-Catholic bigotry among evangelical politicians..

Currently, the House Chaplain's post is supported by $138,000 a year in public money, just for salary. Taxpayers also fund office support costs, travel and other expenses.

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Should the US House of Representatives retain the post of 'House Chaplain' or get rid of it? Get rid of it - public money to pay a chaplain is a violation of the separation of church and state. Get rid of it - it's not a violation of separation, but just a waste of money. Keep it - if it makes the politicians happy, it's worth the money even if the post may be outdated. Keep it - the country needs more religion and the politicians need to get back to God. I don't know. Current Results

For 02/02/00

John McCain tells Newsweek that he finds it "impossible" to imagine "that a nation which is grounded in Judeo-Christian principles would somehow select someone (for president) who would repudiate those principles."

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If a politician is prejudiced - even bigoted - against atheists, is that reason enough to vote against him or her? Yes - even if I agree with the politician on other issues, that kind of prejudice is unacceptable. No - the prejudice might be bad, but if I agree on enough other issues, that is good enough. I don't know. I don't care. Current Results

For 01/26/99

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Should the Ten Commandments be posted in schools and other public buildings? Sure, they aren't really religious - they are standard moral rules. No way, they are religious in nature and the government should not promote them. Huh? I don't know... Current Results

For 01/19/00

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Do you believe that people really are being abducted by aliens from other worlds, sometimes for kinky sexual experiments? Yes - people report it and are sincere and I believe it has happened. No - there are other explanations which fit the evidence and make more sense. I haven't heard anything to convince me, but I won't rule out the possibility. I don't know enough about the situation to really say. Current Results

 

For 01/05/99

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Now that predictions of apocalypse have failed, do you think that there will be widespread disillusionment with religion, or will people instead just find excuses? Widespread disillusionment with religion and predictions. People will just find excuses like they have before. I don't know. Current Results

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