Would you vote for someone who is gay?
Would you vote for someone who is atheist?
what an odd pairing. how about a gay atheist. actually, I prefer asexuals for president. Like priests, they'd be less likely to forego their primary responsibilities if other primary responsibilities didn't get in the way. But then, I've only met one asexual in my life, and he was a history teacher. Well, no two. The other is a mathematics professor. Still, the overwhelming majority of folks I've met are either homosexual or heterosexual, so the odds of a true asexual being nominated by any party are probably slim.
as for atheists, I see them pretty much the same way I see mono- and polytheists. I wouldn't vote for or against anyone based on their admitted atheism or theism. Though, admittedly it's a bit creepy, since atheism requires as much faith in the abstract as abject monotheism does, and probably much more, truth be told, and such faithful people are subject to bouts of fascism and fanaticism at times. Still, I don't have a problem with mono-, poly-, or atheists, but it would be refreshing to see someone with the intellectual curiosity and balls to admit to agnosticism run for any party's nomination.
mainly, they just need to be entertaining, like Clinton and Bush, to win. You're voting on the face that fills your screen for the next four years. I don't think Americans would lose sight of that. They have consistently chosen the class clown over the class dud since 1980 (well, except for 1988 when our choices were dull and sleazy versus dull and upper-crust), and I don't see things like sexual orientation getting in the way. A gay man with the personality of Bill Clinton would soundly defeat a straight man with the personality of Al Gore, hands down, don't you think? Same goes for eschatological proclivities.
Give peas a chance.
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