Why Christians may be less enthusiastic about a more diverse Congress

[Zorro]

SALT LAKE CITY — The 2018 midterm elections resulted in historic victories for minority communities. In January, the nation's first Muslim congresswomen and openly gay governor, as well as a handful of black, Latina and Native American representatives, will be sworn in.

Some of these changes will be more welcome than others, according to a recent Public Religion Research Institute survey on political representation. Americans are more skeptical of the benefits of electing non-Christian or LGBT leaders than electing people from racial and ethnic minority groups.

Forty-four percent of U.S. adults say electing more people from racial and ethnic minority groups would make things in the country better. Just 24 percent say the same about electing non-Christian people of faith, PRRI reported.

Christians are even less excited about non-Christian elected officials, according to a religious breakdown of the data provided to the Deseret News.

https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900045883/why-christians-more-diverse-us-congress-politics-republicans-gop-democrats-diversity.html

[Va Lefty]

1. They want to put "Christ back into Christmas" they need to put Christ back into Christian

[Dawson Leery]

2. Too bad.

This is not a white nationalist theocracy.

[SCantiGOP]

3. May the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Have mercy on their souls.

[hatrack]

4. Well, they can learn to get over it

[Scruffy1]

5. And water is wet.

i don't have any faith of the validity of these polls. Self indentification is tricky business. I have a black woman immigrant who is a Muslim as my Congresswoman. Last I checked Minneapolis was overwhelmingly white and Christian. Although I think all religions are insane I've learned to tolerate them as long as they don't try to force their personal beliefs on me. A retired Catholic priest told me his view of Muslims once-"They worship the same God. Leave them alone."