Dirty John Bonny

A lost boy who wants to join the pirates ...

Friday, April 20, 2007

The kids are all right

From The Pew Research Center (the Pew polls folks):



The majority of U.S. young people (aged 18-25) appear to accept the fact of evolution (linky: Pew).

And they're not taking home the message to hate the queers, either:

Young people are twice as likely as their elders to approve of gay marriage: 52% of those age 18-29 favor it, compared with only 22% among those 65 and older.
(linky-link: Pew)

Last Wednesday, more than a half million K-12 and college students participated in the the Day of Silence, one of the largest student-led actions in the country.

And,
Despite their packed megachurches, their political clout and their increasing visibility on the national stage, evangelical Christian leaders are warning one another that their teenagers are abandoning the faith in droves.
(link: The New York Times)

In 1992 at the Republican National Convention. Pat Buchanan declared the culture war:

There is a religious war going on in our country for the soul of America. It is a cultural war ...

I think I can see who's winning.



The Who - The Kids are Alright (1979)
About three.



Related Shrinky-dink: Ed Brayton's Dispatches From the Culture Wars at ScienceBlogs.


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