Atheists are one of the few groups left in American society that it is both socially acceptable and politically required to oppose. Our politicians must proclaim their Christianity to have any hope of being elected. President Bush continues to push "faith-based initiatives" and to oppose abortion rights and gay marriage on religious grounds. There can be no question that the Christian right has an agenda.

In a 1991 fundraising letter, Christian extremist Pat Robertson wrote:

We at the Christian Coalition are raising an army who cares. We are training people to be effective -- to be elected to school boards, to city councils, to state legislatures, and to key positions in political parties.... By the end of this decade, if we work and give and organize and train, THE CHRISTIAN COALITION WILL BE THE MOST POWERFUL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN AMERICA.

The results of the 2000 and 2004 elections suggest that Robertson was correct. We are now living in a Christian theocracy. George W. Bush's father, former President George H. W. Bush, does not even acknowledge our citizenship!

"No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."
- Bush, to a AA reporter Robert I. Sherman on August 27,1987.

After 9/11, there are many who regard atheists as terrorists simply because they reject Christian doctrine. I will use this blog to organize my thoughts on religion and politics in American life. I also hope to spark some discussion and critical thinking in others. Our elected officials seem determined to return us to the Dark Ages where science and rationality were subjugated as enemies of religion. This would be a devastating setback and must not be allowed to happen.