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Ärende: The most hated minority
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-> Non-believing US voters feel demonized
-> 2 days ago

It's hard to feel demonized without believing in demons...

And... 

Wow! What happened 2days ago? :-)


 
-> the one in 10 Americans who profess no religion feel left in the 
-> cold.

Sorta like...uh...being in a minority. eh?

 
-> "They're very disconcerted," said Darren Sherkat, an atheist sociology 
-> professor specializing in religion at Southern Illinois University.

Why the hell should they be disconcerted ?

...uh...fear of being brainwashed?


-> 
-> "They're horrified...

Wow. They were disconcerted, but now they are horrified!

Take it easy, lady, relax...

 by both the Democratic and Republican rhetoric surrounding 
-> religion ...

-- that people who are not religious ... are immoral, that they're not
-> 
-> qualified to serve in public office," he said.

NO one has ever said or implied that. Bah. Bosh.

 
-> Ian Thomas, 25, got involved in political campaigning as a student and
in 2005 
-> ran for a place on the school board in his local district in
Pennsylvania.
-> 
-> Days before the vote, a county council member emailed local community
groups 
-> disparaging Thomas for having an atheist bumper sticker on his car, and
for 
-> writing a letter about atheism to a local newspaper.
-> 
-> "They are entitled to their beliefs and free speech but it doesn't make
a sound
-> 
-> foundation for elected officials who makes our laws ... to promote an
Atheist 
-> that we know anything about," read the ungrammatical email, shown to
AFP.
-> 
-> "I was very, very insulted," Thomas said.

He should be whipped to death. At 25 one should not 

speak of any position taken  on anything.

No one should be allowed to take political stances until they are

40.

Voting should be restricted to those 50 or older.

at 60, two votes.

70, 10.

80, 500.

Go get 'em Huckelbery...can't wait 'till some of yer sermons are leaked...

   "disenfranchisement" of 
-> non-believers

Psssst! You are only 10%!

Get more members! Go door to door! Piss EVERYONE off! :-)

, according to Margaret Downey, president of the educational 
-> organization Atheist Alliance International.

Do you have faith in this organization?

-> 
 
-> But they are also "the least tolerated group...

When it comes to religious beliefs, there aint much

of anything to tolerate.

Hey, you! Stop your believing in...uh...believing in non believing
believers!

 politicians must reckon 
-> with a largely religious electorate 

Duh.

They must reckon with 90% of the people. What a surprise!


-- some 160 million out of the 200 million 
-> adults considered themselves Christian

and six of them actually are.

 
-> Critics complain that candidates face a public "test" of their faith 
-> credentials.

Yeah, but they stop short of Crucifixion ... now THERE'S a test!

 
-> "Yeah, well, what about the approximately 30 million American
nonbelievers, 
-> Mitt?" Shermer retorted, in comments to AFP. "You have no plans to
represent 
-> us, or to protect and defend the constitution for us?"

That's dumb. Bringing the constitution into it on a par of saying 'You

atheists don't care about the American farmer!'


-> 
-> "We're very saddened that people walk into the voting booth and do bring
their 
-> prejudices, in terms of only voting for people who believe in God," said
Lori 
-> Lipman Brown

Yep. God or some acceptable substitute moral structure ...

At least Fake it :-)

 
-> "People have this prejudice against non-theists...

Yeah, I hear they don't believe in God...


 and think that we don't have 
-> values or morals or share their ideas on issues, or live compassionate
lives," 
-> she said. "All of which is not true.

Nya nya...your pants are on fire.

You are all robbers and thieves. Everyone knows that.

C'mon, let's get real here. You guys are lying about what you believe

just like the Christians. We can all agree on that can't we? :-)


 But they're going to vote based on those 
-> prejudices."

You're just saying that 'cause you're biased. 
-> 

You 
-> shouldn't be walking into the booth thinking,'I'm going to vote for or
against 
-> someone because of what he or she believes,'" says Lipman Brown.

Well screw you Ms Brown, I'll have you know when I walk into the
voting book I'll think any damn thing I want. 
-> 
-> "The fair question would be to ask ... will you impose your theology on
civil 
-> law?"

And only an idiot would try to find that out by asking the candidate that.

"Will you have second thoughts on any theological issue while you are in
office?"

Is comparable. 
-> 
-> "There is no candidate that an atheist would vote for ... other than
maybe Ron 
-> Paul," Shermer said

Contradicting the thought suggestion made earlier... (Yawn)


 In Sum: Nuts to everybody.
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