'MORAL VALUES' HAS MANY INTERPRETATIONS

Roanoke Times & World News;  November 14, 2004 ;     588 words ......by now that 21 percent of voters said "moral values" was the single...ballot, and that 80 percent of them voted for...religious beliefs and "moral values." And make no mistake...did increase the percentage of Jews and Muslims...somehow lacking moral values. In a ...

It was more than `moral values'.(NEWS)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 26, 2004 ;     700+ words ......exit polls, 22 percent of voters nationwide identified moral values as the most important...percent). The two-percentage-point plurality of moral values voters over economy...Minnesota, 24 percent of voters cited moral values as the most important...

Hidden in Plain Sight; Polling Data Shows Moral Values Aren't a New Factor

The Washington Post;  December 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......previous two elections: 35 percent named moral values in 2000 and 40 percent...cited terrorism and only 20 percent moral values as the one issue that...the economy/jobs and 23 percent cited moral values. The issue's impact on...

Religious conservatives, scholars debate meaning of `moral values'.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ......voters polled said moral values was the issue that...president. Of those, 80 percent voted for Bush...surprised with the moral values exit poll answers...Lugo found that 78 percent of those who said...the issues and 19 percent most wanted a strong...indicate that the ...

Election shaped by 'moral values'

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ......John Kerry, 79 percent to 18 percent. The stronger-than-expected role of moral values signals that the...example, where moral values ranked second...among Catholics 55 percent to 44 percent...a close win, 82 percent of those whose decision was guided by ...

'Moral values' theory way oversold Close look just doesn't justify the...

Dayton Daily News;  November 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......And (3) about 20 percent -- maybe a little...exit polls picked "moral values" as their most...concern. And about 80 percent of those people...President Bush, "moral values" is an easy way...that the 20-some percent figure is fairly...outcome of a 51-48 percent election, ...

A whopping 71 percent cared most about issues other than moral values.

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 11, 2004 ;     662 words ......terrorism, 19 percent; economy/jobs, 20 percent; moral values, 22 percent; health care...other than moral values. Of the 22 percent who cited moral values as the most...that survey, moral values came in at 10 percent. The exit...

'Moral Values' Myth

The Washington Post;  November 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Terrorism, 19 percent. Economy and Jobs, 20 percent. Moral Values, 22 percent. "Moral values" encompass abortion, gay marriage, Hollywood...economic issues variously described at 33 percent and moral values at 22 percent -- i.e., they are at least...

MANY WISCONSIN VOTERS WERE MOTIVATED BY MORAL VALUES STATE'S CLOSE VOTE...

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  November 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Lease voted Tuesday, moral values - not terrorism or the...Republican President Bush. Moral values received little attention...prohibit gay marriage - that moral values mattered a great deal...poll respondents named moral values just as often as the...war in Iraq. Of ...

Sliding Scale of Moral Values Is All in the Phrasing

The Washington Post;  November 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ......Of these, Pew found, 27 percent listed "moral values" as most important, 22...exit poll results were 22 percent "moral values," 20 percent "economy and...percent cited Iraq, 14 percent moral values, 12 percent economy and...

Liberals dismayed at losing debate on 'moral values'; Advocates want to...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 9, 2004 ;     529 words ......values, traditional values and now, "moral values." Most American adults would say they...abortion - as almost the total content of 'moral values,'" Edgar said. "And yet you can't read...exit polls, designated unspecified "moral values" as their foremost Election Day priority...

Americans Remain Negative on State of Nation's Moral Values; Percentage...

Gallup Poll News Service;  June 4, 2007 ;     700+ words ......describe the state of moral values in the country...2002. But, the percentage describing the...albeit by two percentage points), and is...current 44% poor moral values rating is similar...relatively lower percentage, two in three Americans, said moral values were ...

Defining 'moral values' can be divisive exercise

New Haven Register;  December 12, 2004 ;     436 words ......the questions it raises. Who gets to speak with authority about moral values? Who gets to say what brand of moral values are the ones we choose to claim? Are our moral values simply civic moral values or are they godly? And who gets to say...

Teach moral values in schools

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 14, 1989 ;     592 words ......permeate this nation's public schools. Thirty-four percent of the students said they had been threatened or hurt by another student at school, 13 percent said they had been assaulted and 14 percent said they had been robbed. The National Adolescent...Health and Human Services, also pointed out that: 49 ...

Moral values spin right back onto U.S. center stage

The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.;  December 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ......at least in the public consciousness. Moral values were a drum constantly beat by pundits...November election, in which, many say, moral values helped give President Bush four more...observers argue how significant an impact moral values, a vast and vague category of issues...