[Dashing Dasher]

I personal resent when people assume that because I am politically conservative, that I am also religious.

I am an atheist/agnostic but I have no problem with the Ten Commandments in public buildings and Santa Claus.

While I think it's GREAT that this country has a moral values - my moral values have nothing to do with a bible.

Atheists for Bush? Why not!?

[VastRWCon]

I wish all the kids in my neighborhood had God, faith, a strong moral background... maybe we would have less crime around here. UNDERSTAND my LIBERAL neighbors?

[starfish923]

I listened to Ray Flynn this morning, former mayor of Boston and Ambassabor to the Vatican.

One stat, he said, that came out of the election:
In the state of Massachusetts, Kerry got the Catholic vote ONLY 51-48%. That was WAY, WAY lower than expected.
Almost half the Catholics in SKerry's home state voted for Bush.

[Moriartys Mycroft]

I'm an atheist who voted straight Republican. I also happen to attend church every Sunday with the family.

[Innisfree]

They are who they are, and they are contemptuous of those religious “morals” voters who beat them on November 2, whom they view as stupid.

There are many decent, churchgoing and atheistic Democrats who would never dream of belittling religious conservatives for their beliefs, but at the core of the Democratic party is a contempt for religion, Christianity in particular. To the Party elite, "supernaturalists" are atavistic reptiles.

The author makes a good point: it's time to turn this rhetoric on its head, to label the "literalists" for what they are.