<h1 class="instapaper_title entry-title"></h1><h1 class="instapaper_title entry-title">Republicans in not-so-religious Tampa</h1>

                                        
                                                
                                        

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                                                <span rel="author" class="fn">Lauren Markoe</span>
                                                
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                                                Aug 22, 2012
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        (RNS) Tampa is the GOP’s choice for its four-day national convention, 
which begins Monday (Aug. 27). But despite the Republicans’ warm 
relations with so-called "values voters," the city on the bay does not 
enjoy a reputation as a particularly prayerful town.</p>
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        A 2006 study showed Tampa to have the <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/is-tampa-the-strip-club-capital-of-the-world/1210478">third most strip clubs per capita in the U.S.</a> And a 2010 ranking of more than 50 metropolitan areas placed Tampa-St. Petersburg <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/most-and-least-religious-cities_n_1522644.html#slide=989750">next to last</a> in the percentage of people who identify themselves as religious adherents -- just ahead of Portland, Ore.</p>

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        (Charlotte, host city for the Democratic National Convention, ranked 18th.)</p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<br><a href="mailto:art.deco.studios@gmail.com" target="_blank">art.deco.studios@gmail.com</a><br>
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