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Atheists more hated than Muslims, Gays, Immigrants

03/22/06 | by David Raffin [mail] | Categories: News/Info

Link: http://www.ur.umn.edu/FMPro?-db=releases&-lay=web&-format=umnnewsreleases/releasesdetail.html&ID=2816&-Find

New Study says:

[...] university researchers found that Americans rate atheists below Muslims, recent immigrants, gays and lesbians and other minority groups in “sharing their vision of American society.” Atheists are also the minority group most Americans are least willing to allow their children to marry.

The only advantage atheists and agnostics have in this society is that it's hard to tag them as such out on the street. This may make them even more hated, as they are seen as "an enemy within," for a segment of the population that seems to need constant reassurances of their own viewpoints.
Mort Sahl said, about Billy Graham, "He always says to his audiences, "Do you believe?" That's his big cheerleading thing [...] a couple minutes later he'll do it again [...] So he obviously is insecure in these areas, right?"

Back in 1988, George Bush Sr. said atheists should not be considered citizens of the U.S.

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