Americans prefer homosexuals over atheists
February 20, 2007With all the ugly noise the right-wing has stirred up around gay marriage and gays in the military, you might think gay people were the most reviled group in America. Apparently not, a recent Gallup poll found that about 55% of Americans claimed they might vote for a homosexual as president, but only 45% were willing to vote for an atheist.
Of course people lie to pollsters. It’s natural, many people don’t want to publicly admit their bigotry. Still it’s interesting that atheists ranked lower in the eyes of the voting public than any other group mentioned in the poll. Perhaps it’s okay for a man to like another man, as long as they go to some kind of church on Sunday.
So there’s still a chance, albeit slim, for Ellen Degeneres to be president some day. But all those gay atheists can just forget it.