And, by the way, the republican party has plenty of room for atheists. It is the democrats who ware stifling the right of Christians to worship and speak out in public. It is the democrats who use churches and preachers to LITERALLY pass the hat DURING the service for political friends (of radical, anti-religious democrats) of the preachers.
Dole’s ad accuses her of being atheist. That was clearly the intent.