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  "id": "1991-november-the-top-10-sin-list",
  "slug": "1991-november-the-top-10-sin-list",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1991-november-the-top-10-sin-list.html",
  "year": 1991,
  "month": "November",
  "monthNum": 11,
  "headline": "The Top 10 Sin List",
  "kicker": "",
  "author_name": "",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "News & Record",
  "summary": "A News & Record reader survey ranks perceived sinful behaviors, with premarital sex deemed most immoral at 84% and church attendance ranked lowest at 40%.",
  "keywords": [
    "morality",
    "survey",
    "sin"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Demographics & Census"
  ],
  "technologies": [],
  "full_text": "As compiled by the News & Record in a survey of its' readers\n1. Having sex outside of marriage.\t84%\n2. Cursing.\t65%\n3. Gossiping\t64%\n4. Being Homosexual.\t62%\n5. Renting a hotel room for two people, and letting more stay there.\t60%\n6. Not counting all penalty strokes on the golf course.\t49%\n7. Dumping used motor oil in a field\t49%\n8. Not going to church\t40%\n9. Drinking alcohol\t36%\n10. Reading a Playboy magazine\t33%",
  "provenance": {
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    "extracted_at": "2026-07-05",
    "verified": true
  },
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