Billy Graham's daughter: "I would not vote for a man who is an atheist."

Billy Graham.

Obvious mental capacity issues there, and genetically predisposed psychotic tendencies in all his descendants.

I think we have no shortage of irrational fear already.

From a Graham relative? This family made a boatload or two of money praising the lord. I expect no less from her.

But in answer to your question, it is funny how she worded that comment. But I have a feeling that there is no atheist who would be worthy. What else is new?

Well, Deary, you'd better buck up on the "acknowledgement, a reverence, a fear for almighty God", because your wisdom seems almost nonexistent.




Fortunately, few care what she thinks.

I'd be surprised if anyone that brainwashed with godbledygook were in the sane 49% to be honest.

can the person do the job or not simply based on there skills? that is the only question.

including (I suspect) a fair number of the religious contingent right here on DU.

You would never have guessed about Reagan, for instance.

So according to her wisdom comes from fear? Words fail me.

I think many politicians are smart enough to be skeptical of religion, but also know that coming out is political suicide.

Consider the following statement for a moment:



Aside from a handful of teabaggers, I suspect that most people would recognize this statement as bigotry. Why? The statement implies that all people who belong to the specified category (i.e., Black) are unfit to hold office simply because of their membership in this category. Since the category is irrelevant to this judgment, we have both a falsehood and an unwarranted generalization. This is bigotry, and most people correctly identify it as such.

Now let's examine the actual quote from the Rev. Billy Graham's daughter, Anne Graham Lotz:



Once again, this is bigotry. But this time, many people refuse to see it as bigotry. In the U.S. at least, bigotry against atheists is still socially acceptable. We are working on changing that, but we've got a long road ahead.