Secular group: 27 secret atheists in Congress

[greenforest32]

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Read more at http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/04/secular-group-27-secret-atheists-in-congress/
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Apparently they're not comfortable coming out as atheists as they fear it would affect their electoral chances because Americans don't like atheists: http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheistSurveys.htm

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Who do you think these 27 members are and what districts do you predict would hold them? Any senators?

[redcommander]

I don't know why they're being such p*ssies about it, and don't come out. If their districts elected them in the first place, is it really going to make much of a difference?

[Sbane]

I don't know why they're being such p*ssies about it, and don't come out. If their districts elected them in the first place, is it really going to make much of a difference?

Why do you assume atheists are liberals, or were elected in liberal districts?

[redcommander]

I don't know why they're being such p*ssies about it, and don't come out. If their districts elected them in the first place, is it really going to make much of a difference?

Why do you assume atheists are liberals, or were elected in liberal districts?

I edited that out because it sounded stupid for me to say that. They're not.

[freepcrusher]

wasn't there a rumor that Kay Hagan was secretly an atheist?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Only twenty seven? Though I suppose it depends on the terminology, perhaps.

[Meeker]

wasn't there a rumor that Kay Hagan was secretly an atheist?

I didn't know Elizabeth Dole posted here.

[bgwah]

I'm sure there are lots of closeted irreligious folk in Congress, though I doubt this organization has any clue what they're talking about.

[You kip if you want to...]

wasn't there a rumor that Kay Hagan was secretly an atheist?

Yeah, she just taught Sunday School for a laugh.

[I Am Feeblepizza.]

I wonder if more people would vote against a Scientologist than would vote against a Muslim, a gay, or an atheist?

I would also like to know how many people would vote against a bisexual or transgender individual, or if those terms, for the purposes of the poll, were categorized under the umbrella term "gay".

[Rochambeau jk I'm Hamilton]

Hey, I have a question: Who cares?

[Roemerista]

I would probably never vote for an atheist...

But
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7oiPIUtp7Q

[Stranger in a strange land]

I wonder if more people would vote against a Scientologist than would vote against a Muslim, a gay, or an atheist?

I would also like to know how many people would vote against a bisexual or transgender individual, or if those terms, for the purposes of the poll, were categorized under the umbrella term "gay".

Bisexual>Gay>Muslim>Scientologist>Atheist>Transgender

I know many people who fully support gay rights and have many gay friends, and even some gays, who can't be near a transgendered person without experiencing physical revulsion.

Of course, all this obscures the real question: Would Herman Cain put a Scientologist in his cabinet?

[greenforest32]

Apparently they're not comfortable coming out as atheists as they fear it would affect their electoral chances because Americans don't like atheists: http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheistSurveys.htm

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That first poll I cited was the first one I could find at the time and it was from 1999. Just found the most recent one from 2011 and sad to say it's no better: http://www.gallup.com/poll/148100/hesitant-support-mormon-2012.aspx