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...down from 63 percent who felt that way when a similar survey was taken in 1992. Fifty-three percent were in favor of strict limits on abortion (i.e., unless it was a case of rape, incest or saving the mother's life), up from 45 percent in a poll done two years ago. Perhaps most disturbingly to those of us with a liberal-minded bent, 2 out of 3 respondents thought the Christian Coalition's agenda had a positive impact on the lives of women...
...simplest response to this poll is that the 1000 women surveyed are not representative of the mood of the entire female population of the country. I really want to believe that. But for the sake of argument, let's imagine that this poll does represent a shifting attitude on the part of women towards religious influence on political life in America. Let's imagine that there really are lots of people who watch "Touched by an Angel" every week. It's time to start paying attention to that shifting attitude...
...gays. Gov. Carnahan made the wrong decision as a politician when he allowed himself to be influenced by a religious leader instead of by legal argument or genuine moral reversal. As a country, we'll be making the wrong decision if we allow the trend shown in the Princeton poll to continue. Church and state are separated with good reason--and women should know that better than anyone...
...poll taken by The Crimson, undergraduates--while applauding the quality of their academic and extracurricular experiences--painted a far from pretty picture of Harvard life in the broader sense. Sixty-four percent of students reported that they stay home to do homework on Friday or Saturday nights, either every weekend or every other weekend. Forty-five percent say they wish they didn't stay in so often. Forty-six percent say they feel guilty about their use of free time very often or fairly often. Close to forty percent of our classmates have never had a romantic relationship that lasted...
Clinton got the public applause he wanted: in a TIME/CNN poll last week, 61% of those surveyed said they agree with dedicating all or most of next year's surplus money to Social Security, vs. 31% who think it should be used to lower taxes. But Clinton's plan also absorbed the expected blows. Though the minority leaders in both houses endorsed the plan, other Democrats think even microscopic tinkering with the party's hallowed invention--let alone Clinton's fairly substantial changes--would be unacceptable. Many Republicans--who want to use much of the surplus for tax cuts...