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    Say Children Key to Marriage

    That’s the percent of Americans who now say that children are very important for a marriage to succeed, down from 65% who said so in 1990.

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    Evangelical Approval of President Bush

    That was President Bush’s approval rating among white evangelicals in a recent survey, far higher than among the electorate as a whole but considerably lower than in earlier years.

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    Muslim American Democrats

    That’s the percentage of Muslim Americans who are Democrats (37%) or say they lean toward the Democratic Party (26%).

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    Say Premarital Sex is Wrong

    That’s the number of adult Americans who now say that sexual relations between a man and woman before marriage is always or almost always wrong.

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    Full-Time Work Not Attractive to At-Home Moms

    That’s the percentage of at-home moms who say full-time work would be their ideal situation; by contrast, nearly half (48%) say not working at all outside the home is ideal situation for them.