• 1/3 of American adults under 30 state they have no religious affiliation • 88 % of the religiously
unaffiliated say they're not looking for a religion that is right for them
Somewhat surprisingly, one - fifth of the religiously
unaffiliated say that clergy contribute a lot to society — another indication that, in America, even the Nones have a soft spot for religion.
Not exact matches
On Monday afternoon, two more Breitbart staffers announced their resignations: National security correspondent Jordan Schachtel
said that the site is «no longer a journalistic enterprise but instead, in my opinion, something resembling an
unaffiliated media Super PAC for the Trump campaign.»
In fact, Ryanair
says this ad is from an
unaffiliated «screenscraper» website called eDreams, which is «masquerading» as Ryanair and «unlawfully» selling its flights.
«People hear Middle Eastern backers and they assume deep pockets and dumb money,» the
unaffiliated private equity investor
said.
«They generally take majority stakes in investments — they're the capital,»
said an
unaffiliated private equity investor with ties to Middle Eastern money who is active in New York.
As profiled by CoinDesk, the announcement of an
unaffiliated venture known as «litecoin cash» has boosted demand for the cryptocurrency, although consultants
say these anticipating the ensuing tokens to be as priceless as bitcoin cash could need to assume once more.
However experts do
say the fastest growing religious category in the U.S. is the «
unaffiliated» and represent 15 %.
Even among those who are religiously
unaffiliated, 20 percent
say they pray daily.
The 16 per cent who
say they are religiously «
unaffiliated» includes a large majority who
say they believe in God, pray, and are more or less like their mainly Christian neighbours, except they don't identify themselves with a specific religious tradition or community.
The religiously
unaffiliated were the only group in which more people
say they find abortion morally acceptable rather than wrong.
«One of the most striking recent trends in the American religious landscape has been the growing share of the
unaffiliated, and this study allows us to see where Latinos fit into that story,»
said Cary Funk, a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center and one of the co-authors of the study.
With over 20 % of Americans now identifying as religiously
unaffiliated and MANY of the people who do identify themselves as Christians are only
saying that to stay part of «the club» and to not be ostracized by their Christian friends, the numbers of the deluded are dwindling.
People who
say they're religiously
unaffiliated have one member in all of Congress for representation, but are 23 percent of the U.S. population.
Ask college students from elite schools that question, and they will probably
say that most of the new fathers belong to the secular and
unaffiliated group.
Recent survey's
say the fastest rising religious or non-religious group in the States are the «
Unaffiliated» at 18 %.
Hispanic Catholics (54 %) and Protestants (47 %) were more likely than the
unaffiliated (38 %) to
say they worry «a lot» or «some» about the threat of deportation, Pew's survey of Hispanic adults living in the US found.
NCAA enforcement stated that a confidential source
unaffiliated with any SEC schools submitted the tip in April, roughly the same time Lewis
says he met with Mullen and three months before the NCAA investigation began.
«The results of this study are provocative and challenge conventional wisdom,»
said James Taylor, MD, medical director for the University of Washington Medical Center's Newborn Nursery, who was
unaffiliated with the study.
The committee
says its program in Iowa has focused in large part on identifying and mobilizing
unaffiliated voters who are likely to support its candidate, Representative Bruce Braley, in his race against State Senator Joni Ernst, the Republican nominee.
The goal is to expand the universe of potential Democratic voters, and party officials
said they believed that 73 percent of the 23,000
unaffiliated voters who had requested ballots were likely to support Mr. Braley.
«In some ways it does inoculate her from getting the crazy spending happening to her, as opposed to standard districts in the U.S.,»
said one California Democratic operative
unaffiliated with Brownley's campaign.
The fact that Simon couldn't win her home club raises major questions about the organization of her campaign,»
said a Brooklyn Democrat
unaffiliated with either campaign.
But «all the major parties allow members of minor parties and
unaffiliated voters to vote their ballots upon request,» the site
says.
Several Democratic gubernatorial candidates at a forum on transportation Friday
said they support electronic tolling on the state's highways and one
unaffiliated candidate
said legislators should revisit the controversial mileage tax, where drivers are charged based on how much they drive.
In a message to the union's 3,000 - plus members, STA President Megan Root
said the union board interviewed Democrat Juanita Perez Williams, Green Howie Hawkins and
unaffiliated candidate Ben Walsh, then chose not to endorse any of the three.
Walsh's victory opens the door to future
unaffiliated candidates and non-Democrats entering elections in Syracuse, he
said.
«I
say Hank is the favorite, but I wouldn't count Tom Brown out,»
said one Democratic operative
unaffiliated with the race.
County Board of Elections officials
said there are more than 2,700 absentee ballots still outstanding, including 1,318 from Democrats, 1,169 from Republicans, 26 from Conservative Party members and 206 from voters
unaffiliated with any major party.
Grant
said that while this issue is generally partisan, with more Republicans than Democrats agreeing with president, members of both parties and
unaffiliated voters also would prefer to see less politics in sports.
Romano, 44 and a former Democrat,
said he pitched his progressive platform to both parties as he sought their endorsement, but they declined, prompting him to run as an
unaffiliated write - in candidate.
Bowin
said that she was part of a wave of progressives, including third party and
unaffiliated voters, who found renewed enthusiasm for the Democratic Party after years of disillusionment with the centrist policies embodied by Clinton.
Mahoney, a Republican,
said Walsh's politically
unaffiliated position was similar to hers.
Cox, an
unaffiliated voter,
said earlier this year he would seek other parties» endorsements, but decided against it.
«It's harder than it looks,» Jessica Proud, a Republican consultant
unaffiliated with either campaign,
said of Ms. Malliotakis's plan to qualify for matching funds.
A source close to Mr. Gentile
said a person
unaffiliated with their campaign had registered a complaint with the FEC yesterday.
Despite such uncertainty, Jordi Miralda - Escudé, an astrophysicist at the University of Barcelona
unaffiliated with the work,
says the results should have profound implications for future research.
Jim Kasting, an atmospheric chemist at The Pennsylvania State University
unaffiliated with the study
says its results are «on the right track,» even though «the idea that methane might be a biosignature in an anoxic atmosphere is not exactly new.»
Even with an increase in
unaffiliated adults, most Americans are religious,
said Eugenie Scott, chair of the National Center for Science Education advisory council.
«It's a huge deal,»
says Luis Lehner, a physicist at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario who is
unaffiliated with the LIGO project.
«There has been a lot of hope, and some hype, that these systems will enable more efficiency in how care is provided across
unaffiliated providers,»
says Lammers.
Scientists
unaffiliated with the study
said it highlights the uncertainty in data released by the Chinese government.
«The bottom line of the new paper is that the very large gap in reported HFC emissions is from developing countries,»
said Durwood Zaelke, president of the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD), who was
unaffiliated with the study.
The idea isn't new, but this is the first time the process has been identified and quantified,
says Mark Torres, a geoscientist at Rice University in Houston, Texas, who is
unaffiliated with the study.
Furthermore, he
says other researchers,
unaffiliated with the Rosetta team, have submitted papers based on these released images, while his team has been consumed with the daily task of planning the mission.
«There's a lot of confusion in the field right now,»
says Chris Landsea, a science officer at the National Hurricane Center who is
unaffiliated with either study.
«I think the thing that's most important here is the need for education,»
says Chris Lowe, an
unaffiliated shark expert at California State University, Long Beach.
«I think this is really amazing — equally important as the growth of additional eyes,»
says University of California, Davis, biologist Min Zhao (also
unaffiliated with the study) who investigates the application of electrical fields in wound healing.
As promising as it sounds, there are many uncertainties about whether solidifying carbon dioxide emissions could be a viable part of a climate strategy,
said Bert Metz, a fellow at the European Climate Foundation who is
unaffiliated with the study and was the lead author of a 2005 IPCC special report on carbon capture.
Scientists
unaffiliated with the study
said it shows better data is needed to fully understand the extent of the climate challenge posed by landfill methane emissions.