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Lawmakers in Congress are overwhelmingly Christian, even though nearly a quarter of the nation claims no religion or creed, a Pew Research Center study released Tuesday shows.
Ninety-eight percent of the senators and representatives in the incoming 115th Congress are religious, and more than 90 percent belong to a Christian denomination.
While Judeo-Christian religions “have greater representation in Congress than in the general population,” other religions, like Buddhists, Mormons, Muslims and Orthodox Christians, “are represented in Congress in roughly equal proportion to their share of the U.S. public,” according to the study – READ MORE
