At 09:44 PM 12/4/01 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote: >According to the CIA World Factbook 2001, 84% of the population is >Christian, 2% is Jewish, 4% follow an other religion, and 10% are not >religious. Is this reflected in Congress en Senate? Following these >statistics, 10 members of the Senate and 44 members of Congress should be >non-religious; 4 members of the Senate should be Muslem/Hindu/<whatever> >and 17 members of Congress should be Muslem/Hindu/<whatever>. > >Is that the actual situation?
Here is the numbers for the US Congress: http://www.adherents.com/adh_congress.html It seems pretty respectable if you ask me - especially consider the US first-past-the-post system of elections. JDG __________________________________________________________ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #3527685 "Freedom itself was attacked today, and Freedom will be Defended." -U.S. President George W. Bush, 09/11/01
