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awoke_in_2003

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28. I have seen several polls...

Reply to Mr.Bill (Reply #24)

Thu May 7, 2015, 05:47 PM

May 2015

asking about Muslim, gay, atheist, etc, candidates for the presidency. We atheists always come in dead last. While we may not be attacked as often as other groups (probably because we don't talk about it, especially if we live in the bible belt) we tend to be one of the most hated.

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