Why do atheists face bias in office holding?

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[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Why do atheists face bias in office holding?

Community columnist Al Westerfield picked some good examples of discrimination against the religiously impaired in his Dec. 6 column, "No more discrimination?

In a 1987 interview, George H.W. Bush revealed his true wish to see atheists denied all of their constitutional rights. Like many of strict religious faith, he assumes that without religion, these people lack a moral compass.

Apparently Bush sees no duplicity in his post-presidential work for the Carlyle Group. This private equity firm got its start exploiting inside information about America's war planning to invest in the defense industry.

Carlyle and other private equity firms have contributed to the destruction of American businesses to generate huge profits for a few individuals while causing tens of thousands of Americans to lose their jobs.

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In a 1987 interview, George H.W. Bush revealed his true wish to see atheists denied all of their constitutional rights.

That sounds like an actionable slander against George H. W. Bush. The author had better be careful what fabrications he comes up with.

[mamelukesabre]

The moral compass is innate. God put it there whether you believe it or not. Belief in god and weak moral compasses are not mutually exclusive.

[ChrisInAR]

Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) is a flaming athiest. He has represented parts of the Gay Area for yeats now.

[seowulf]

I guess if atheists want to get elected they’ll just have to convert more voters to their religious point of view.

[ASA Vet]

Spell check would have caught that.

[ChrisInAR]

Would have caught what?

[eclecticEel]

More persecution complex from the god-less; even though no other minority group has been so successful at getting their viewpoints accepted as orthodoxy.

[GAB-1955]

Militant atheists are nasty people as a whole. They remind me of American Communist Party members in NYC - mean spirited, petty people. Their lack of faith is as religiously grounded as other devout people, and they don't have the mental flexibility to see it.

Leave us alone, atheist dysvangelists.

[ChrisInAR]

What you said reminded me of uber-athiest Madalyn Murray O’Hair (sp?). Remember when she disowned her own son for becoming a Christian?

[KarinG1]

Like many of strict religious faith, he assumes that without religion, these people lack a moral compass.

Not me. I assume they don't have a lick of sense.

[FrankR]

"Why do atheists face bias in office holding? "

1. Because this is a Christian nation (regardless of what obama says);

2. The majority of the voters are Christian.

Any more questions, or are you just trying to set up atheists as another "special rights" class?

[cameraeye]

“Why do atheists face bias in office holding? “

Because you can’t say,”Oh,God”,in front of them.

[DCPatriot]

“Believers” think non-believers are damned. It starts from that premise.

But a person in charge who doesn’t have a ‘God’ to fear....or love?

Aren’t they usually the bad guys in literature?

[ChrisInAR]

If you’re referring to my using the “Gay Area” rather than the “Bay Area” for San Fransicso / Oakland, I made no mistake. I personally call it the Gay Area...or the “Gay Bay”.

[YHAOS]

Yeah what people simply don’t understand is that Atheists have a God-given right to hold any elective office they want just like other oppressed minorities. And no Christian has a right to vote against them.

[Publius6961]

Why do atheists face bias in office holding?

They don't.

A more relevant question: why do they claim they do?

[TChad]

He was probably referring to your use of “yeats” instead of “years.”

[KarlInOhio]

Maybe because far too many atheists are insufferable twits. How many atheists seem to take a delight in kicking down manger scenes rather than just saying “I don’t believe in any supreme being. If you want to that’s fine”?

[Salamander]

They could start by showing them this piece of miraculous toast.