That scares the shit out of me, considering how so many fundamentalists have a hold in office. What makes it worse is that, I'm convinced anyway, we barely have the infrastructure to drastically change all of this before it's too late. Even if rational people begin to get education back on footing again, there's too big of momentum for the fundamentalists.

By the way, the direct link wasn't working; I had to hightlight, copy and paste. Though I had the same trouble a while back, as well... speaking of which, what link I did have to report is also shocking: passed in law, the President has the authority to "coordinate" all three branches of government in times of (vague) crises.

We are fucked. Cheers! 

I couldnt get the video to work.

But in any case. It is bullcrap for fundies to cry that the "minority" is ruling the majority. There are 300,000,000 people in America. ONLY 50 million identify themselves as Evangelicals.

The reality of our voting system is not "majority rule" but who gets the most people to the voting booth. The reality is that we have a minority ruling a majority and that is because their base is much more well funded and organized than their competition.

For fundies who are the minority who are in dominate power to say they are opressed is a load of bullshit. Untill non-fundies of all labels, not just atheists, but all people who dont want to go down the road of theocracy, become as effective as the right wing, they will continue to maintain their power.

I'm pretty sure I saw the exact same video on YouTube, but here's one that has part of it, for those who might not be able to see the video:

Can we all live with you, Ben?

The problem is, if we leave, the other Americans win.  Or not...they aren't going to all produce religious children.  Sometimes, those kids will eventually become atheists.  Do they get kicked out, too?  Shunned?

I didnt see any "stats in the Yutube Video" and the cnn link did not work for me.

BUT, recently I did see on Fox stats that showed 50 some od percent mid 50s believe the nation was a  "christian nation" and 41 percent did not.

So we can look at that as the glass being half empty or half full. Considering the growing voices of secularism I think the past 30years of fundy politics combind with the Bush incompetance is finally exposing the truth that can no longer be hidden by theocratic propaganda.

I dont think it is that fatalistic. The more we talk about "no religious test", the fact that "so help me god" IS NOT in the constitution, combined with the Barbary Treaty(Treaty of Tripoli) and the criticisms of the founders of pulpit politics, the fundy house of cards will fall.

But, that can only happen by secularists, both theist and atheists raising their voice. Secularism is what keeps religion free. Neutral goverment void of religious favortism allows people to worship or not worship without goverment interferance.

BUT IT TAKES MORE VOICES AND CONSTANT MAINTANANCE. Freedom is not a given. No one should be out to use goverment to opress anyone, majority or minority. But the majority is not intitled to a monopoly of national symbols and public property to promote only their religion.

The First Amendment is an anti-trust law that says on the issues of speech and religion WE WONT PLAY FAVORITES TO YOU, WE WONT COME AFTER YOU, but WE WONT AID YOU EITHER|(ON YOUR OWN TIME WITH YOUR OWN RESORCES)

How any moron can claim that that means we want the forcable end of Christianity is absurd. It is true that most atheists think the world would be better off. But we are not stupid. If we want to convince people they dont need a deity ATHEISTS do not wish to do it by gunpoint.

It horrifies atheists just as much when Muslim zealots force non-Muslims at gunpoint to convert. Westernized atheists are for freedom and the only tactic we use is our voice and reason.