Fellow atheists: Who would you sooner vote for?

Question

A liberal pushing a Christian agenda or an Atheist pushing a conservative agenda.

I pick the latter, but that's because I think that way.

Answer 1

Given that I am a conservative atheist, I would have to say the latter. In fact, that is my dream candidate.

Answer 2

I would not vote for either. I would vote for a Christian pushing a liberal agenda. A lot of this depends on your definition of liberal and conservative....neither word means much anymore.

Bush Jr. is a conservative...but he cuts taxes while increasing spending, and increasing the role of the federal government in private lives when related to abortion, the patriot act, and the proposed ban on gay marriage.

These are not conservative values by the traditional definition.

After re-reading this I realized it sounded like I'd only vote for Christian liberals. Truthfully I prefer my politicians pay as little lip service to religion as possible. The more outwardly religious, the less I like them.

I meant I would vote for a Christian Liberal over the other two options that you gave me.

Answer 3

This is a difficult question. One of the things that might arise from a Christian pushing any agenda would be the aid and comfort given to those who are also religious. Tony Blair is a good example of this. However, as a gay man, I must guard against anyone pushing a conservative, anti-gay, anti-female social agenda.

I guess I would have to go with the Christian, assuming I agree with his/her social policies.

Answer 4

Presumably a liberal Christian would be a different animal from a conservative Christian and would perhaps be more in tune with the kind of Christianity we'd like if more people embraced it. So as long as they were liberal enough not to push for ID being taught in schools, enforced prayer and religious icons on public buildings, and were not opposed to gay marriage etc, I'd be for the liberal Christian. I'm a liberal, you know.

Answer 5

Neither. Try, an Atheist with a liberal agenda. Conservatism is a nice balance, but liberalism is whats needed to care for the people. Without the people, you have no country.

Answer 6

Did you happen to notice in the 2006 election that most of the liberals who won in the House races were conservatives, and some were evengelicals?

It has been theorized, based on this strategy, that the only way for liberals to win control of the House was to veer sharply to the right. This seems to be supported by the fact that far left organizations, such as Code Pink, are now demonstrating against democrats!

(Seriously, why do you make your religion a part of your politics? Don't you think your humanity and values are valid enough on which to base your opinions?)

Answer 7

The Atheist pushing the conservative agenda because I would think the form of conservatism that would be pushed would be based on more than the Bible.

Kill your GOD

Answer 8

I'm an Agnostic and I wouldn't vote for anyone with any religious agenda what so ever. It doesn't make for a good running platform but then, you must have a love of religion to even post such a thing. You're no Atheist.

Answer 9

I would vote for no one attempting to push a religious agenda into our secular government. I would also vote for no one pushing an agenda I view to be bad for our society, such as the conservative one that I typically disagree with.

So, to answer your question: we need a viable third party in this country.

Answer 10

I would pick the latter because I do not agree with the liberal or Christian agendas.