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Associated Press: Atheist, Muslim candidates worry voters [LINK-ZUM]

One in four people in the U.S. said in a recent poll that they would be less likely to support a presidential candidate who is Mormon, an ominous sign for Republican contender Mitt Romney. Yet the survey found two groups, atheists and Muslims, were even less likely to win votes. Sixty-one percent of those questioned said they would be less likely to support a presidential candidate who did not believe in God. Forty-five percent said the same for a Muslim contender. [...] Republicans were likelier than Democrats to express concerns about voting for an atheist, Muslim or a woman, while more Democrats than Republicans said they would be less likely to support an evangelical Christian. The party breakdown for the other traits was about even.

[Article continues at link. So who is it that voted Ernie Chambers and Culbert Olsen and Pete Stark into office? Why did we let Elizabeth Cady Stanton influence the Constitution? Where do all those atheists in the military get off? What were the Demoracts thinking when they let Ron Reagan give their opening address? How did 'not a person of faith' Karl Rove get to where he was? America, go ahead and vote for the best candidate. Superstition is no guarantee for virtue, atheism no guarantee for villany. - Trevor Blake]

Labels: atheist, christianity, islam, mormon, theocracy

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