Official Atheist and Agnostic group presidential primary poll

[EvolveOrConvolve]

Who are you supporting and who is the best candidate for non-believers?

29 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Bernie Sanders
	29 (100%)
	Hillary Clinton
	0 (0%)
	Other
	0 (0%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Arugula Latte]

1. This one is easy, peasy, lemon squeezy.

[Warpy]

3. No shit, The Family would never allow Sanders anywhere near them

but Hillary Clinton has been a member.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_%28Christian_organization%29

[Cartoonist]

2. Hillary's religious pandering doesn't disqualify her

If that was the only thing. It's all that other stuff I don't like.

[Warpy]

4. Same here

but you have to admit her membership in The Family puts her into the "creepy" zone.

[Mbrow]

5. +1

I guess i'm having a hard time that so many people can't see it.

[AlbertCat]

6. Hillary's religious pandering doesn't disqualify her

Yes, her "Family" ties I imagine are for power reasons. The Family seems so "guy" oriented.... like the Scottish Rite Temple or something. I don't thinks she holds their dogma dear. And saying The Bible was her favorite book clearly shows me that The Bible is not her favorite book.

All this behavior, however, is within keeping of the general reasons I prefer Sanders.

[RussBLib]

7. well, you asked two different questions

But in my case, both answers are the same.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

8. I thought about splitting it into four different options

But I suspected that it wouldn't matter.

[Jim Lane]

9. I'm supporting Sanders but I'm not comfortable with "best candidate for non-believers"

In the unlikely event of a Republican nominee (for President or for any other office) who was openly non-religious, I'd almost certainly back a religious Democrat.

The LDS Church is one of the most conservative denominations, but I'd support Harry Reid against a typical Republican, regardless of the latter's religious views.

[mr blur]

10. Well I didn't vote as I don't vote (over there), but,

if you asked me who I thought was least likely to involve the rest of us in another disgusting war and then lie about it I'd go with majority here.

Besides, any 'Left' politician who is a bedfellow of Henry Kissinger is not someone I'd squander a vote on.

[deucemagnet]

11. Wow. 43-0-0 in favor of Bernie at the time of this post.

I did not expect that.

[PassingFair]

12. WOW!

Are we a VOTING BLOCK or what!!!😀😀😀

[PassingFair]

13. Kick

.... For my favorite voting bloc!

[NeoGreen]

14. Kick...

...

[beam me up scottie]

15. 60 evil atheist heathens for Bernie!

It's really refreshing to finally have a candidate in the race who doesn't pander to bible thumpers!

Bernie Sanders Rejects Theocracy, Defends Church State Separation
January 9, 2016
by: Michael Stone

Rejecting the Republican dream of a Christian theocracy, Bernie Sanders tells supporters it is “dangerous for governments to get deeply involved with religion.”

Justin Scott, an Iowan who takes his politics seriously, asked the Democratic presidential candidate for his thoughts on politicians who “base a lot of their legislation on their religious beliefs” at a recent campaign event in Iowa.

Sanders answered:

Religious freedom in this country is part of our Constitution, and all of us agree with that. And you have many different religions, and people have the right, in this country, to practice the religion that they believe in.
But we also have a separation between religion and state. We know how dangerous it is, historically, for governments to get deeply involved with religion… Let’s not confuse and merge religion and state. That is not what our Founding Fathers wanted, and they were right.

Sanders is right. The attempt by today’s Republican party to “confuse and merge religion and state” is dangerous, un-American, and a repudiation of the secular values upon which this nation was founded.

This is not the first time the progressive candidate has championed secular values. Earlier this year, in an uplifting viral video supporting Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, the presidential hopeful declared:

The problems we face did not come down from the heavens. They are made, they are made by bad human decisions, and good human decisions can change them.

***

Sanders is a friend to freethinkers, and the enemy of conservative Christians. Religious News Service describes Sanders as “unabashedly irreligious” and “the anti-Bible thumper,” noting:

Sanders is the presidential contender most willing to dissociate himself from religion. Though he identifies as Jewish and by Jewish law is Jewish, he has freely acknowledged that he is not a religious person. He scored a solid zero from Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition in its most recent scorecard and a 100 from the abortion rights group NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Scoring a zero from Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition is a badge of honor, and should be a ringing endorsement to the ears of every humanist, every atheist, every freethinker.

More: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/01/bernie-sanders-rejects-theocracy-defends-church-state-separation/#sthash.c7iYfb7W.dpuf

[progressoid]

16. When my daughter and I saw him speak,

it was also refreshing to hear someone end a speech without saying "God Bless America".

[beam me up scottie]

17. I love Bernie, I got to meet and vote for him in Vermont.

He's the real deal, a little angry and a little loud but that's why we love him!

So glad you and your daughter got to see him!

[progressoid]

18. Along with about 1500 other people.

Standing room only

[beam me up scottie]

19. Wow!

Honestly when he joined the race last year I never thought he stood a chance, an underdog that most had never heard of from a small state that might as well be in Canada.

His rock star status continues to amaze me.