Quote: if all else was pretty much equal, the atheist is going to get my vote
Why? Atheism implies nothing about ability or honestly. Being Christian is meant to imply all kinds of splendid qualities, but that is seldom the reality. Not here,and not in daily life.
As it turns out,our incumbent Prime Minister is an atheist. I did not vote for her party because I think they are a bunch of useless arseholes and she is an incompetent twit.
Religious beliefs and the sexual preferences of candidates are not issues here,except in the tiny bigoted minds of the lunar religious right and homophobes..
Australia has a long history of atheists in government,and currently has many openly gay members of parliament .The former leader of our major minor party (The Greens) was a gay atheist man.
