“No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God.”
... and do you see a pattern among the Presidents of a "secular nation"?
2007-11-14 00:43:35 · 14 answers · asked by I'm an Atheist 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Free Radical: George Bush Sr. said it... probably after consulting Jerry Falwell
2007-11-14 00:49:58 · update #1
That would be the senior President Bush...
2007-11-14 00:46:46 · answer #1 · answered by The Reverend Soleil 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Bush!..."The very first act of the new Bush administration was to have a Protestant Evangelist minister officially dedicate the inauguration to Jesus Christ, whom he declared to be 'our savior.' Invoking 'the Father, the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ' and 'the Holy Spirit,' Billy Graham's son, the man selected by President George W Bush to bless his presidency, excluded the tens of millions of Americans who are Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Shintoists, Unitarians, agnostics, and atheists from his blessing by his particularistic and parochial language.
"The plain message conveyed by the new administration is that George W Bush's America is a Christian nation and that non-Christians are welcome into the tent so long as they agree to accept their status as a tolerated minority rather than as fully equal citizens. In effect, Bush is saying: 'This is our home, and in our home we pray to Jesus as our savior. If you want to be a guest in our home, you must accept the way we pray.'"
-- Alan M Dershowitz, in "Bush Starts Off by Defying the the Constitution," Los Angeles Times, January 24, 2001
6 days ago
2007-11-14 00:50:00 · answer #2 · answered by Life goes on... 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bush Sr., before he lost to Clinton; and although the ploy worked for Dubya / Rove (remember, they were overheard lahughing and joking about how stupid and gullible conservative Christians are) in 2000 and 2004, it has since backfired.
The Christian right has been marginalized and no one any longer cares what they think.
2007-11-14 00:56:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not surprised at all, considering he claims Texas as his home. As an atheist I am not allowed to run for office in this state.
2007-11-14 00:54:47 · answer #4 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is obviously a person that feels he is more intelligent than I, more enlightened than I and one who communicates with his maker on a personal first name basis .
Who ever he/she may be, they have a dangerous philosophy which all points to a religious and/or political fanatic.
2007-11-14 00:57:26 · answer #5 · answered by we_are_legion99 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Now, I imagine his son would say the same sort of thing.
The best I can hope for is that it would cause a ruckus.
2007-11-14 00:50:38 · answer #6 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
bush senior said that...do you notice a pattern of idiotic presidential statements?...humans are a funny lot eh?
2007-11-14 00:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by darwinman 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Politicians...
2007-11-14 00:47:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a president said that? sounds more like something our dear deceased brother scary falwell would have said.
2007-11-14 00:46:50 · answer #9 · answered by Free Radical 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The pledge of allegiance was written by an idiot.
2007-11-14 00:50:31 · answer #10 · answered by timbers 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋