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Canadians Would Rather See an Atheist Prime Minister Than an Evangelical One
June 27, 2017 by Hemant Mehta
Canadians. You have to stop making those of us in the U.S. feel even worse than we already do. You get Justin Trudeau. We have Christ, its sad to finish that sentence. You have a Cabinet thats diverse and full of experts in their fields. We have a bunch of evangelicals who deny science and have no business running their departments.
And now, a new poll suggests that Canadian citizens wouldnt let someones atheism, sexual orientation, or gender identity get in the way of their voting habits.
The Angus Reid Institute found that an astonishing 80% of the population would have no problem voting for a party led by someone whos an atheist. (By comparison, Gallup found in 2015 that only 58% of U.S. voters were comfortable supporting an atheist from their own party for President.)
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The difference in support for an atheist leader in the U.S. and Canada was larger in than any other category. And I suspect its not that Canadians have an urge to see an atheist in office so much as they just wouldnt care. Why would it matter? Its not like atheist leaders would push their non-beliefs on everybody. They know full well, however, than evangelical Christians in power would do everything they could to use the government to promote awful faith-based policies. Hell, all they have to do is look to the south to see how thats working out.
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Canadians Would Rather See an Atheist Prime Minister Than an Evangelical One (Original Post)
NeoGreen
Jun 2017
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CozyMystery
(653 posts)1. I would prefer an atheist POTUS...
because I loathe elected officials who base their decisions on their individual religious beliefs.
sinkingfeeling
(53,174 posts)2. I would rather have an atheist PM, president, king, or dictator than an
evangelical one.
mountain grammy
(27,356 posts)3. We have an idiot POTUS..
does that count for anything???? He's certainly not an atheist, he worships himself, the true god.
SamKnause
(13,865 posts)4. I agree with the Canadians.
I would rather see an atheist president of the United States.