Assault On Free Speech

[A Theist]

What are trying to prove by using the Hitler hypothetical? Is it because that you and a few others have such a hateful bias against Christians and Conservatives that everyone of them you see through the distorted liberal looking glass is a Nazi? What if the hypothetical were between a 'Mother Teresa Christian' of a strong belief in God versus an atheist candidate? Both are equally experienced for the office....and just for argument's sake, let's say both are very close on policies except that one has a strong belief in God and the atheist candidate has no belief in God. How would you vote?

I would not vote for someone because they are an atheist, if other aspects of their candidacy did not appeal to me as much. But, without a doubt, if all else was pretty much equal, the atheist is going to get my vote, if for no reason other than every atheist elected to public office, if they do a good job, makes it easier for more atheists to be elected and further erodes the erroneous assumption many Americans have that faith in God is necessary for one to be a public servant.

It's important, but not primary.

Fair enough. In similar fashion if everything were pretty much equal I would vote for the Christian. But I wouldn't vote for a candidate just because they're a Christian. I voted for Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter, the born-again Christian president and I'll vote for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama who identifies himself as a Christian. I would have no problem voting for an atheist candidate whose policies I would agree with as long as that candidate respected my rights to my faith. If all else being equal between the candidates, when it comes right down to the end, the atheist is going to vote for the atheist and Christians will vote for the Christian.