Many millennials are skipping church, marriage and political affiliations, study finds

[applegrove]

Many millennials are skipping church, marriage and political affiliations, study finds

BY Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press, PBS

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/millennials-skipping-church-marriage-political-affilliations-study-finds/

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WASHINGTON — Young adults like to think of themselves as independent, but when it comes to politics, they’re more likely than not to lean to the left.

Half of American adults ages 18 to 33 are self-described political independents, according to a survey out Friday, but at the same time half of these so-called millennials are Democrats or lean toward the Democratic Party, the highest share for any age group over the last decade.

In addition, young adults tend to be single and churchless — turning away from their predecessors’ proclivity for religion and marriage, according the Pew Research Center survey. Almost two-thirds don’t classify themselves as “a religious person.” And when it comes to tying the knot: Only about 1 in 4 millennials is married. Almost half of baby boomers were married at that age.

The new survey shows how the millennial adults are “forging a distinctive path into adulthood,” said Paul Taylor, Pew’s executive vice president and co-author of the report.





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[RKP5637]

1. Oh, I wish I could turn back the hands of time and join them! n/t

[eallen]

7. Hey, you can join them now!

Alas, alas, there's no way we old hippies get back our carefree joints or supple year-old skin.

[RKP5637]

8. LOL, I'm there with them, like a well worn pair of shoes!

[1000words]

2. This gives me hope.

[Earth_First]

3. Signed.

It's mostly bullshit.

[Rex]

4. "the highest share for any age group over the last decade." <------

Shhhh...don't say that out loud...awww...NOW look what you did to Uncle Bomb Russia.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Thoroughly modern millies.

[kwassa]

6. It is common to be unaffiliated with a church as a young adult

Many come back when they marry, have kids, and start to think about how they want to raise them in community.

Then again, some go for sports teams on Sunday morning.

[tabbycat31]

9. This is a generation who does not know life without the Christian Right

It was founded the year I was born (1980) and I automatically associate churches and Christianity with conservative politics.

If you read the study further, anti-gay remarks and attitudes is pushing them away.

[Samantha]

11. Perhaps that is because they are more vocal

My family roots are in Tennessee. My father at an early age was a minister. His brother is still a minister. My younger sister attended American University, majored in political science, and married a Baptist minister (go figure).

I am the only liberal in the family (and I am a pure, unaduterated liberal). I was thrilled when Maryland held its vote on gay marriage, to proudly vote in favor of it.

One might say I am the black sheep in the family because of my politics, but I am extremely comfortable in my skin.

Just wanted you to know, we are not all the same.

Sam

[Harmony Blue]

10. There is so much untapped potential waiting in the wings

but the Democrats are sitting around playing with ideas like TPP and Keystone pipeline both ideas most Millennial are strongly against.

Marriage is an outdated mechanism as far as I am concerned and I never plan on attending another church event ever unless someone begs me to haha.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

12. I hope so because the SCOURGE of right wingers we've had since 1980

makes the U.S. really stink.

[Johonny]

13. Don't you think it has something to do with job, job, jobs

When young people could walk out of high school and get a middle class job it was easier to think about marriage and kids at age 22. Usually marriage, kids lead to worrying about things like religion and political groups. It isn't a secret Millennials are still getting the short end of the current job market.

[JI7]

16. not entirely, part of it is cultural changes also like women being more independent

less religious would also mean people are more ok non committed sexual relationships.

in fact i would say the opposite might be true when people look to marriage for support .

[Vashta Nerada]

14. Those millennials sound like a smart bunch.

Good for them.



(BTW, I'm a millennial)

[hunter]

15. I suspect my thoroughly Catholic kids...

... only attend Mass with older family.

But they are comfortable in that community, especially the progressive, pacifist, "social justice" communities we've always been a part of.

Our Catholic Church, sadly, is short of Priests, because they limit their selection to professed "celibate" men.

The Church sends the dim-bulb "conservative" priests to dim-bulb "conservative" communities.

My parents once lived in such a community. Mass could be painful, no money from us, no way. My parents now live too far from church, and my wife's parent's live in a fairly progressive place, and we live in a progressive place, so it's not so bad.

Like it or not the community I exist within is Catholic just as it is United States of American. I do my best to do the right thing.

So far as I remember I landed "born white male in California" by accident.

[Populist_Prole]

17. I have a RW friend whose son recently graduated HS

He actually used to be a union democrat but turned into a religious conservative republican curmudgeon as he aged and got more finacially secure. Anyway, it's music to my ears to hear him grouse to me about how his son isn't buying his conservative worldview and that he thinks his father is a bigot. "He's just a kid...he don't know shit!"

That's right, he doesn't "know" shit; but he knows shit when he sees it.