Even MORE from the confusion on Separation of Church and State

Oh, those crazy Americans and their lack of knowing what's in the Constitution. This blogger has put together a great list of stats on what Americans know about religious freedom (of course, surveys and polls are always a bit sketchy, because who knows who was interviewed?). Regardless, some of this is pretty shocking.

The most confusing stat to me was this: "Only just over half - 56% (down from 72% in 2000) - believe 'the freedom to worship as one chooses...applies to all religious groups' and was 'never meant to apply to religious groups that most people would consider extreme or fringe.'"

The fact that only 56% of people believe that is not terribly surprising, but why is it down from 72% in 2000? (Well, I think I know why, but seriously??)