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The Benefits Of Secular Evangelicals

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A growing number of young believers are spurning the religious right, defying neat political labels and embracing progressive values. The religious right has lost its hold among millennial Americans. About 23% of millennial Americans are religious progressives which is twice the portion of those 68 and older. White evangelical millennials are also twice as likely as evangelicals over 65 to support same-sex marriage. America has become more secular, and membership in every branch of U.S. Christianity has dwindled, except evangelicalism. A growing minority of millennial evangelicals are non-white and much more likely to support progressive issues including social justice, equal rights, marriage equality, and combatting climate change.
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