re: #6 kerFuFFler

I don’t find that the tone of the article like that at all. Sure there are some obnoxious atheists, but this article is pushing back against the fundie argument that Godlessness in the schools and courts has driven up crime and divorce rates. Showing that atheists are less likely to be criminal or divorced is a valuable rebuttal to the demand for prayers in school and the like. The fact that no politician can claim to be an atheist and expect to win any important election shows the degree to which atheists have been vilified.

See my #7, below.

For the record, I don’t deny that there a LOT is anti-atheist bigotry. As a matter of fact, I saw a report some time back—I believe it was from Pew, but I’m not sure and therefore can’t provide a link—that, IIRC, indicated Americans considered atheists less trustworthy/likeable than Muslims. Not a great position to be in, heh.