{"id":3063,"date":"2012-07-27T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2017-12-22T17:53:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T22:53:35","slug":"a-secular-presidential-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangeroustalk.net\/?p=3063","title":{"rendered":"A Secular Presidential Forum?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long ago, I published an article on Examiner about how atheist support for the President has dropped significantly<\/a>. In the article, I point out what a strong voting bloc atheists are and how our vote really can sway the election.<\/p>\n

This got me thinking about Rick Warren\u2019s Faith and Values Forum in 2008. He won\u2019t be doing that again in 2012. While I would love to believe that it has something to do with his evolution Tweet<\/a>, it probably has more to do with the fact that Obama can out Christian Romney.<\/p>\n

In any case, where is our forum? Now that the Secular Coalition for America<\/a> is expanding and has a Republican Executive Officer, we can make a much stronger case for not only our importance as a voting bloc, but also as being non-partisan. We can give the Democrats the threat of possibly losing our support and we can give the Republicans the dangling carrot that our votes might be up for grabs.<\/p>\n

Obviously, most atheists will not vote for Romney, but we can use these various factors to sell the idea of a Secular Values Forum to the two parties. SCA and The National Atheist Party<\/a> can take the lead here and we can ask Obama and Romney, \u201cHow will they represent atheists as President of the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n

I should also add that a new Gallup Poll<\/a> was just released showing that more than 50% of Americans are now ready to vote for an atheist. Personally, I think that poll is crap, but it doesn\u2019t matter. It shows that we are gaining acceptance and that our political power is growing. 30k atheists on the National Mall<\/a> also sends that message.<\/p>\n

Is our community ready to set up such a forum or will we have to wait 4 years? I think now is the time.<\/p>\n

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