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The controversial decision by the UC Irvine student body government to ban the American flag – as well as all other flags – speaks to broader generational shifts in views of patriotism.
The Christian Science Monitor cites Pew surveys suggesting that Millennials are more wary than any other American generation of defining themselves by larger institutions. Half are political independents. Nearly 3 in 10 do not associate with any religion. And only 26 percent have married by the age of 32 – 10 percentage points less than Generation Xers at the same point in their lives and 22 points less than Baby Boomers.
That same trend holds true with Millennials' views of the United States itself. By a host of indicators, Millennials are less "patriotic" than any other generation of Americans – at least by the traditional gauges of patriotism.
Doug Giles is author of Rise, Kill and Eat: A Theology of Hunting from Genesis to Revelation.
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