# What is it like to be an atheist in the Democratic Party? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 9, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267 "2015-04-09T21:55:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267/41 "2015-04-10T17:48:57Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > I have participated in organized Democratic politics. talk about an oxymoron ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267/42 "2015-04-10T21:04:28Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > We get extra cookies. Blasphemy! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267/43 "2015-04-12T17:49:56Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Democrats, by and large, seem much more likely to favor evolution > [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > No. > [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > [Republicans’ views on evolution | Pew Research Center](http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/01/03/republican-views-on-evolution-tracking-how-its-changed/) “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away” --PKD ---
**Author:** ![Stringbean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Stringbean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stringbean)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267/44 "2015-04-12T18:42:28Z")
Atheists are undeniably leaning Democrat. Dunno why people got so butthurt over the question. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267/45 "2015-04-12T19:35:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Perhaps you could invite yourself to the next precinct meeting. You might find that topics other than how to destroy America do come up, and they do not end with “Allahu akbar!”. :rolleyes: No, they end with “maʿ al-salāmah”. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267/46 "2015-04-12T20:34:18Z")
> [@Stringbean](#): > > Atheists are undeniably leaning Democrat. > > Dunno why people got so butthurt over the question. It’s simply absurd to imply that the position of atheists in the Democratic Party and the position of Christians in the Republican Party are equivalent. As has been pointed out, atheists leaning Democrat and Democrats leaning atheist are two totally different things; the Democratic Party as an organization certainly isn’t “leaning atheist” or identifying itself as “the party for atheists!”. The party does do a better job of protecting the interests and values of most of the non-religious and the “seculars” and the “nones” than the Republican Party does–not that that’s saying much. In terms of things like separation of church and state, and issues which most seculars/nones care about like reproductive rights or marriage equality, the Democratic Party is not as bad as the Republican Party. But it’s not like Democratic Party politicians are constantly extolling the virtues of secular humanism the way many, many Republican politicians go on about “faith” and “God and country” and even “Christianity”. In fact, Democrats are pretty heavy on the God-talk, just not _quite_ as offensive about it as most Republicans are. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-be-an-atheist-in-the-democratic-party/717267.md?page=2)