Atheists Face Discrimination On A Shocking Level (INFOGRAPHIC)

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8. Thanks. Horrifying but typical.

When I read stories like yours, sometimes I forget that we non-believers are actually a big mass movement who are busy oppressing religious believers all over the place. At least I read that somewhere...

More seriously, sometimes I think about all the harassment non-believers get that we don't hear much about. Stories like yours. Or couples who don't marry or break up because religion gets in the way. Or people who disown their kids because they de-convert.

It's not just the Bible-thumping, flag-waving Xians who don't like us, either. As many of our posters in here have noted, articles bashing non-believers are fairly common in the left-wing media. These are especially common during election cycles, when we're accused of costing the Dems votes.

For our newer members - a few years ago, Raw Story ran a story openly calling for atheists to be purged from the Democratic Party. There was a huge blow-up here on DU, since a couple of Raw Story writers frequently posted here.

Incredibly (at least to me), Raw Story doubled down and refused to apologize for that piece. It was an amazing display of just how much antagonism there is toward us. From EVERYBODY, not just the usual suspects on the Relgious Right.