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UF study recasts political ‘God gap’ theory with details of a religious left

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Christians who value communal forms of worship over doctrine have emerged as a politically liberal alternative to the religious right, a new University of Florida study finds.

Filed under Politics, Religion, Research on Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

Education played bigger role than race in approving gay marriage ban

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The level of voters’ education — not the large numbers of blacks who turned out for the first time to cast ballots for Barack Obama — best explains the passage of a Florida law banning gay marriage, a new University of Florida study suggests.
Many pundits claimed that newly registered black voters inspired [...]

Filed under Black, Florida, Politics, Race, Research on Tuesday, September 1, 2009.

Alcohol tax increases deter drinking

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As leaders of many national, state and local governments debate whether to raise taxes on alcohol to boost revenues, their decisions also could influence how much their constituents imbibe in coming years, say University of Florida researchers.

Filed under Health, Politics, Research on Thursday, January 15, 2009.