# Did Bush Sr. once state that Athiests should not be considered patriots nor citizens?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 21, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bush-sr-once-state-that-athiests-should-not-be-considered-patriots-nor-citizens/176671 "2003-05-21T23:19:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bush-sr-once-state-that-athiests-should-not-be-considered-patriots-nor-citizens/176671/21 "2003-05-23T01:22:54Z")

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Sorry.

**Revtim** and **Marley23** - I don’t want to explain my logic without giving others a chance to disagree, and that makes it a Debate. Start a thread if you like, and I will try to respond.

We are off for the weekend, so don’t be offended if I seem to be ignoring you.

Regards,  
Shodan

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