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    Morning Bell: Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation

    November 22, 2012 at 8:14 am

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    Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), c1865.

    Happy Thanksgiving from The Heritage Foundation! As we celebrate and give thanks today, we invite you to read President Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation below. The year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are … More

    In Pictures: How Many Adults Believe in God?

    December 1, 2011 at 12:46 pm

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    Majority of Adults Believe in God

    The vast majority of American adults hold a definite belief in God. Yet, despite this persistence of belief in America and the important place of religious practice in civil society, an increasingly narrow view of religion is threatening to force faith out of the public square. Consider the recent mandate by … More

    Continued Faith in God Signals Good News for Civil Society

    June 3, 2011 at 5:30 pm

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    InGodWeTrust

    A new Gallup poll released today reports that more than nine in 10 Americans believe in God. The number of believers has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s, with 91 percent of respondents affirming a belief in a higher power and almost three-quarters of adults firm in their belief in … More

    Not Dead Yet: Predictions of Religion’s Extinction Miss the Mark

    March 24, 2011 at 11:00 am

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    In 1966, God was pronounced dead. More recently, it was determined that God is back. But now a team of researchers has put him on the endangered species list. “Religion may become extinct in nine nations,” says a BBC headline today reporting on a presentation made at the American Physical … More

    FamilyFacts.org: The Fruit of Religious Faith In America

    March 14, 2011 at 1:00 pm

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    Despite the assertive statements of celebrity atheists, national book tours denouncing God and the perennial docket of court cases challenging the presence of religion in the public square, most Americans believe in God and many regularly practice their faith. Heritage research on the newly launched FamilyFacts.org shows that 75 percent … More

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    A Bumper Crop of Food Stamps

    Tweet this Where do food stamps come from? They come from taxpayers—certainly not from family farms. Yet the “farm” bill, a recurring subsidy-fest in Congress, is actually 80 percent food stamps and other government nutrition programs. The food stamps sweeten the farm deal for lawmakers, who admit that the combination … More

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