re: #169 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus

Being Non-Religious in America (goes to a long PDF)

Tragically, we found that participants faced a high level of family rejection as a result of their nonreligious identity. Among participants under age 25, one in five (21.9%) reported that their parents are not aware of their nonreligious beliefs. For those whose parents are aware of their nonreligious identities, nearly one third (29.2%) have parents that are somewhat or very unsupportive of their beliefs. We found that family rejection had a significant negative impact on participants’ educational and psychological outcomes. For example, participants with unsupportive parents had a 71.2% higher rate of likely depression than those with very supportive parents.Nonreligious people in the United States live in a deeply religious culture where their beliefs are frequently stigmatized. We found that nonreligious people routinely face discrimination and stigma because of their nonreligious identity. Nearly one third (29.4%) of participants had negative experiences in education due to their nonreligious identity, and one in five (21.7%) had negative experiences at work.

Nevertheless, we don’t matter to the Democratic Party.

It is noteworthy when Eric Swalwell defeated Pete Stark in their California primary, he did it by attacking Stark as un-American because he is an atheist.

For all the praise Swalwell gets, I could never vote for him as a national candidate. He is a bigot.