An August-September, 2015, survey by the Barna Group, repeating questions first asked in 2012, showed significantly increased concern about limitations on religious freedom, not only by evangelicals, who had the greatest concerns, but also by adults in general and by people of faiths other than Christianity.

Especially notable is the heightened concern by Christian millennials about religious freedom. Of the various age and religious subgroups polled by Barna, “millennial practicing Christians” showed the greatest increase in concern: three years ago, 32% of them said that religious freedom had worsened over the previous decade, but now 55% hold that view; and while only 19% of them in 2012 said that they are very concerned that religious freedom will be more restricted in the next 5 years, in the current survey fully 56% expressed that concern.