Special Interest Group on CRAP

That title is a phrase that cannot be constructed in American politics. We somehow seem to have forgotten the meaning of “religious freedom”. Romney has a press conference to explain why a member of the fourth largest christian sect in the United States is qualified to be president in light of his unorthodox religion - this is proof positive that the United States has become a theocracy in which religious tolerance has vanished from public discourse.

As a lifelong atheist I have mostly tried to keep away from religion, because religion is evil. This is mostly possible in my life, provided I am willing to ignore the constant reminders that America is a mostly christian country. I really don’t care that much, but it has started to bug me that our foreign policy is mostly guided by religious intolerance in response to religious intolerance.

At what point can humanity come to respect all individual opinions about the origin of life and the role of faith?