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The fact that atheism exists offends me.

[Get over it. Are we to start limiting rights to Atheists now?]

I would support that.

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old comment by breakerslion

The Angry Man

by Phyllis McGinley (1905-1978)

The other day I chanced to meet
An angry man upon the street
A man of wrath, a man of war,
A man who truculently bore
Over his shoulder, like a lance,
A banner labeled “Tolerance.”

And when I asked him why he strode
Thus scowling down the human road,
Scowling, he answered, “I am he
Who champions total liberty
Intolerance being, ma’am, a state
No tolerant man can tolerate.

“When I meet rogues,” he cried, “who choose
To cherish oppositional views,
Lady, like this, and in this manner,
I lay about me with my banner
Till they cry mercy, ma’am.” His blows
Rained proudly on prospective foes.

Fearful, I turned and left him there
Still muttering, as he thrashed the air,
“Let the Intolerant beware!”

old comment by Goomy pls

@dionysus

The highest electoral positions a known atheist has attained here are Governor of Minnesota (Jesse Ventura) and Senator from Oklahoma (Thomas Gore, about a century ago, grandfather of Gore Vidal). There've been at least 2 atheist Representatives, namely Barney Frank of Massachusetts (a Jewish atheist) and Fortney Stark of California (both left Congress in 2013 after long careers), and many consider Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona (2013 to present day) to be an atheist as well.

Thomas Gore was actually a pretty interesting guy. He supported a constitutional amendment, the Ludlow Amendment, that required a popular referendum before declaring war on a foreign power that did not attack the US or it's territories. Imagine how differently the last century and the Bush presidency would've played out.

Not to mention the guy was blind. People would try to take advantage of him for his disability, but in the end he would be the one hoodwinking them.

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