| | Covering Religion and the First Amendment |
 | | According to a 2001 survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 64 percent of respondents said religion is very important in their lives; nine in 10 pray at least weekly; and six in 10 attend religious services monthly. |
 | | The United States is not only one of the most religious nations in the developed world, but it is also the most diverse, with some 3,000 religious groups. |
 | | The United States is unique among nations in that it was founded not on kinship, blood lines or ethnicity, but on an idea liberty as espoused in the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and the other writings of its founders. |
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