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According to a 1999 Gallup poll, 51 percent of Americans would not vote for an atheist in a presidential election. This is higher than the percentage who would not vote for a homosexual (41 percent). As a loud and proud atheist (I came out to my friends in preschool by proclaiming the non-existence of God), I find this to be very sad and demoralizing. Are we really worse than the homosexuals? I suppose the average God-fearing American reasons that at least gay people have souls, whereas atheists are actually possessed by the Devil...
Most people would agree that refusing to vote for a black or a female candidate on principle is a sign of deplorable bigotry (unfortunately, the same poll also proves that many Americans are still deplorable bigots). I think this moral imperative extends to homosexuals, although the country is belatedly establishing social norms against anti-gay bias. But what about religion? According to a 2003 study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 38 percent of adult Americans would personally not vote for a Muslim. Is a refusal to vote for a member of a particular religion similarly unacceptable...
...negative advertisements used by the campaign of Republican Kerry M. Healey ’82 against Deval L. Patrick ’78 in the Massachusetts gubernatorial race has backfired in the past week, resulting in an increase in the Democratic candidate’s numbers in the polls. According to a poll published on Oct. 24 by 7NEWS and Suffolk University, 53 percent of likely voters now support Patrick, as opposed to 26 percent in favor of Healey. In addition, 61 percent of people surveyed criticized the negative tone that Healey’s campaign has taken in recent...
...campaign that was featured on the MTV documentary show “True Life.” This year Cranley is yet again running for a seat in Ohio’s 1st District. Though Cranley captured only 40 percent in 2000, an Oct. 24-26 Constituent Dynamics poll has him leading at 48 percent with incumbent Steve Chabot trailing at 46 percent. A Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Grove Insight Poll also has Cranley in the lead at 49 percent to Chabot’s 40 percent. The 1999 Harvard Law School graduate spent a year and a half...
...poll also confirms anecdotal evidence collected by those who regularly interact with adolescents. "I've talked to a lot of kids with emotional pain and pent-up anger stemming from a variety of factors including divorce and abuse, and they are looking for hope and help in the church," says Shannon Primicerio, a lecturer and author on religious topics whose work is targeted to teens...