For the first time ever, the US no longer has a majority of Protestants as the number of people with no religious affiliation rises, a study has found.

[BBC, 10 october 2012] The Pew report found only 48% of adults identified themselves as Protestants, down from 53% five years ago.

The long-expected decline was pinned to a rise in those claiming no religion – about 20% of Americans, the study said.

There are no Protestants on the Republican presidential ticket for the first time this year.

Nor are there any Protestant Supreme Court justices. Continue lendo →