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Survey by Pew Research Center for the People & the Press Oct. 12-24, 2005

Do you think the use of torture against suspected terrorists in order to gain important information can often be justified, sometimes be justified, rarely be justified, or never be justified?

	Total public	Total Catholic
Often Sometimes Rarely Never Don’t know/refused	15% 31% 17% 32% 5%	21% 35% 16% 26% 4%
	White Protestant	White evangelical
Often Sometimes Rarely Never Don’t know/refused	15% 34% 16% 31% 4%	13% 36% 16% 31% 4%
	Secular
Often Sometimes Rarely Never Don’t know/refused	10% 25% 16% 41% 4%