The Ghost of RubangB said:
It's actually because the majority of people think that atheists are immoral because they don't fear an afterlife, and they believe that without fear of repercussions, nothing stops them from being evil. Blacks and gays have morality because they believe in G-d. I don't think my spreading of moronic rumors about a really bad inexperienced hypocrite V.P. pick is what keeps atheists from getting elected. But I don't know, you porbalby know more about U.S. politics than I do. |
My suggestion isn't that sleazy American politics prevents people from being elected, I'm suggesting that sleazy American politics prevents people for running for office. Look at any other western political system and you will see far more diversity at all levels of office, and in all political parties, and I suspect this is because people are not subject to Tabloid styled "News" stories surrounding them and their families.
Up until recently I wondered why the United States seemed to be the only country in the western world who hadn't had a women in their highest office. When I saw how Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were treated by the Democrats (the supposed "protectors of tolerance and open-mindedness") I started to wonder how the suffrage movement ever took off in the United States.
