Poll: Most Americans would vote atheist for president

[longship]

1. This is an important change.

I would like to say that it is because of militant, loud-mouthed, outspoken atheists and people like Dawkins, Dennett, Hitchens, Harris, Stenger, and the rest.

I would also like to say that it is because of the utter douche-baggery of the religious right.

I would like to think that it was the Freedom From Religion Foundations atheist billboard campaigns that showed atheists to be just ordinary people.

I would like to think that it was the part of the sacred community who are taking on the lunacy of the religious right head on, nullifying the demonization of non-believers.

But these would all be post hoc fallacies.

Really, it has to be a cultural change, by definition. So, it is likely all of the above and more.

As a lifelong atheist, this is the best news I've heard in a long time.

Thanks.

See you in church.