Any room for atheists in the Republican Party??..

[TheDarkestOfAngels]

Please don't take offense at the question, but it seems to me that there are more religious conservatives in the Republican party then in any other political party in this country. I could be wrong, but here's the thing-I like Republican ideas, I just DON'T like people like Glenn Beck, and Gingrich in the party who think that secular Americans are destroying the country. And these ARE people who are very active in the party. I am with the Republican party on health care, the environment, and foreign policy, but it just seems to me like there's not a lot of room for secular Americans within the party. Perhaps that's just the image I'm getting from the media.

Here in Denver, we have conservative columnist David Harsanyi who is an Atheist. I'd like to learn about more Republicans who are, or at least who don't cling to any religious beliefs.

I'm sure there is as much room for atheists in the republican party as there is room for gays in the republican party. They'll take your vote, but they still hate you and will vote to take away as many rights from you as they can. The party at large still seems to cow to the religious right, so don't expect much.

Given your views on healthcare, the environment, and foreign policy, you might feel more at home with the libertarian party, who typically have the same stances on domestic policy - which is to say that they prefer a 'hands off' approach to most domestic issues.

Personally, I disagree with both (republicans and libertarians) parties on many issues, but I find the libertarians several orders of magnitude more sane these days - what with the whole astro-terf tea party movement going about.