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stone space

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2. I'm not sure where he gets his numbers.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 04:26 PM

Feb 2015

But it does make some sense to me that atheists raised in Republican families might be statistically more likely to be closeted.

And it's not hard for me to imagine that some of them might be deterred from voting GOP because of its rather open hostility to atheism.

But he throws around some pretty numbers. Probably bigger than he can justify.

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Atheist Group Makes CPAC Debut [View all] stone space Feb 2015 OP

Not really a debut. They were there last year. cbayer Feb 2015 #1

I'm not sure where he gets his numbers. stone space Feb 2015 #2

Atheists are more likely to have liberal political views, but I agree cbayer Feb 2015 #3

Proving that aethiests also can be very wrong about how extremist religion infested Republicans can be reasoned with. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #4

Here's Jamila Bey speaking at CPAC: cpwm17 Feb 2015 #5

Well, she's brave but it's really unclear where she stands politically. cbayer Feb 2015 #6

She danced a bit around the facts in her brief comments, it seems. pinto Feb 2015 #8

yawn. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #7

It would have been nice if Pew included independents. kwassa Feb 2015 #9

In 2010 and 2014, more Catholics voted Republican for House Rep muriel_volestrangler Feb 2015 #10