[lbo-talk] Marxism and Religion

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On 2/27/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> By the way, let's not forget that the proportion of seculars in the
> U.S. pop has doubled over the last decade, from a rather slight 7% to
> a not risible 14%, according to the National Survey of Religious
> Identification.

Atheists frequently point out that they're the US's least trusted
group, of those studied in a national survey. (Including Muslims,
blacks, homosexuals, etc.)
<http://www.soc.umn.edu/pdf/atheistAsOther.pdf>

That is, atheists are believed to least agree with peoples' vision of
American society, and atheists drew the strongest disapproval if
peoples' children wanted to marry one. (Haven't had time to do more
than skim the study, so YMMV.)

Tayssir