American Atheists: How do you feel about your religious political figures?

We live in a society where there's still a social stigma attached to a person who accepts the label of "Atheist." I believe many of the politicians profess beliefbelief for political-correctness and acceptance. There's no way an atheistic presidental candidate could win at this point so they claim to be believers because that's what sells. I don't think Obama has the faith that he expresses but he can't reveal that. Most people in America are Christian and would gasp at the idea of a president who doesn't believe in God.

The majority of US politicians profess religion. Given the rate at which many other of their promises don't turn out to have been true, one cannot then take such professions at face value.

There is also the fallacy of attempting to use societal statistics on a group of under a thousand people. So, your claim failed right there.

And, a moderately religious politician is far less Bad than an evangelical nutbag.

Or they voted for someone else and that person did not win.. You do realize there are more people who vote religiously and only about 37% of the population in all would actually vote for an atheist representative. We are the actual oppressed ones in this country so yeah. and to your first question: I hate it.

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Wait, aren't most politicians liars and thieves? I am not talking about political parties, I am talking about politicians in general. Aren't most politicians also hypocrites as well?

Hmmm, and you claim that most of them follow Judo-Christian faith.

If I didn't know any better, I would say that maybe this explains why they do such things.

You spend all day in R&S mocking religious people, but you seem so excited about supporting religious people in politics.

Really?

I don't care if someone is religious as long as they don't harm society. BTW: You don't have to like everything someone stands for you to like them.

As long as they do their job well, I don't mind.

@ Yun They don't shove it down anyone's throat, do they? Or do you suppose I should refuse to speak to Christian salesmen, barmen, scientists, writers or old ladies just because they're not atheists?