Religion wanes.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Americans are becoming less religious, according to a new study by the Program on Public Values at Trinity College in Connecticut. Northern New England has now taken over from the Pacific Northwest as the least religious area of the country. The percentage that claim no religion, which jumped from 8.2 in 1990 to 14.2 in 2001, has now increased to 15 percent nationwide. And the percentage of Christians in the...