UNC's Institute for Research in Social Science conducted the poll, based on telephone interviews with 1,257 adults. But a Harris poll released last month showed that, well, researchers interviewed a different set of respondents. Seven in 10 employees talk about their faith where they work, a study funded by the Lutheran Brotherhood Report found. But only half of American employees talk religion with co-workers at least once a month, according to the study. The other 19 percent say they do so only once a year.
Women are twice as likely as men to enter such conversations.
And half of the female workers versus one-third of the males know their boss's religious background. The survey did not inquire about religious disputes at work. His 10-page opinion, in response to a legislator's query, included a summary of recent federal court decisions in cases involving religion and public schools. Steve Bates, executive director of the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, said there was nothing new in the opinion. Back to school The 13 public schools in DeKalb County, Ala., reopened Aug. 12 and classes began for some 7,000 pupils.