Results: Praying
1.
1.
Do you believe you can pray silently anywhere you want to?
I don't pray.
14%
•
304 votes
Essentially, yes
74%
•
1629 votes
No
3%
•
59 votes
N/A
9%
•
208 votes
2.
2.
Do you believe you can pray silently anytime you want to? I don't pray.
14%
•
301 votes
Essentially, yes
73%
•
1614 votes
No
3%
•
61 votes
N/A
10%
•
224 votes
3.
3.
Did you teach your child how to pray? I don't pray.
11%
•
232 votes
I don't have children.
17%
•
376 votes
Yes, I taught my child how to pray. (Or will when old enough.)
32%
•
705 votes
No, I didn't teach my child how to pray.
16%
•
359 votes
N/A
24%
•
528 votes
4.
4.
Who provides the best religious guidance for children? Parents
56%
•
1222 votes
Clergy (pastors, imams, rabbis, priests, etc.)
21%
•
472 votes
School teachers
6%
•
129 votes
No one
11%
•
232 votes
N/A
23%
•
512 votes
Others
5%
•
101 votes
5.
5.
How do you feel about school-mandated prayer in public schools? Please choose all that apply. I support it.
27%
•
601 votes
I don't support it.
28%
•
621 votes
I prefer to shape my child's religious grounding.
12%
•
270 votes
I trust teachers to shape my child's religious grounding.
3%
•
73 votes
I think non-believers and children of minority faiths would feel alienated and uncomfortable.
12%
•
257 votes
It is fair to base school prayers on MY faith.
4%
•
91 votes
It is unfair to base school prayers on ONE faith.
13%
•
288 votes
It's unnecessary because (through my teaching) my child already knows how to prayer silently at will.
4%
•
94 votes
My child needs a teacher to guide prayer.
1%
•
14 votes
I have a child and am indifferent.
2%
•
44 votes
N/A
20%
•
432 votes
I don't have a child and am indifferent.
6%
•
129 votes
It is fair to children of all faiths and those with none.
5%
•
118 votes
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