Why don't Republicans go after the Atheist vote?

[Minimalist]

[A Theist]

Given that the Republican party is dominated by fundamentalist evangelicals and offers nothing of value to anyone but millionaires, I find it a little amazing any atheist (or LGBT or racial minority or woman or any person making less than six figures) would vote for a a party which is actively hostile towards you and would discriminate against you for your lack of belief if they could get away with doing it.

I don't see the Democrat Party out there campaigning hard for the atheist vote either....the Democrats showed just how tolerant they were toward you guys at their convention after an uproar over removing a reference to God from the party platform...Barack and other influential Democrats protested and the reference to God was restored....They figured the votes of religious Blacks and Latinos were more important than the atheist vote, especially when some black pastors threatened not to vote for Obama if the reference to God was removed from the platform....don't seem like the Dems are particularly atheist friendly either....

[Voltron]

I don't see the Democrat Party out there campaigning hard for the atheist vote either....the Democrats showed just how tolerant they were toward you guys at their convention after an uproar over removing a reference to God from the party platform...Barack and other influential Democrats protested and the reference to God was restored....They figured the votes of religious Blacks and Latinos were more important than the atheist vote, especially when some black pastors threatened not to vote for Obama if the reference to God was removed from the platform....don't seem like the Dems are particularly atheist friendly either....

That's because they aren't "out there" campaigning for our vote. But they're also not out there being hostile towards us like your boys are. Big fuckin' difference. If you can't understand that, you're not even trying.

[Ryantology]

I don't see the Democrat Party out there campaigning hard for the atheist vote either....the Democrats showed just how tolerant they were toward you guys at their convention after an uproar over removing a reference to God from the party platform...Barack and other influential Democrats protested and the reference to God was restored....They figured the votes of religious Blacks and Latinos were more important than the atheist vote, especially when some black pastors threatened not to vote for Obama if the reference to God was removed from the platform....don't seem like the Dems are particularly atheist friendly either....

I don't like that, but I understood the political motivation behind it. Sadly, there are a lot of Americans who vote the superstition ticket. If the Democratic Party lacks the backbone to embrace us, that's still leagues better than the party which actively despises us and attempts to force their deluded beliefs on us.

[A Theist]

I don't see the Democrat Party out there campaigning hard for the atheist vote either....the Democrats showed just how tolerant they were toward you guys at their convention after an uproar over removing a reference to God from the party platform...Barack and other influential Democrats protested and the reference to God was restored....They figured the votes of religious Blacks and Latinos were more important than the atheist vote, especially when some black pastors threatened not to vote for Obama if the reference to God was removed from the platform....don't seem like the Dems are particularly atheist friendly either....

I don't like that, but I understood the political motivation behind it. Sadly, there are a lot of Americans who vote the superstition ticket. If the Democratic Party lacks the backbone to embrace us, that's still leagues better than the party which actively despises us and attempts to force their deluded beliefs on us.

The political motivation behind it was to secure the votes of religious Blacks and Hispanics....The Democrats aren't going to lose those votes over the concerns of atheists....that whole uproar over removing the God reference from the party platform was nationally televised and the Dems openly threw you atheists under the bus for the religious vote, and that's not actively despising you?

[Minimalist]

No, it isn't.

When the day comes that your republicunt pals toss Billy Fucking Graham under the bus maybe I'll pay attention to you and your bullshit.

[Ryantology]

The political motivation behind it was to secure the votes of religious Blacks and Hispanics....The Democrats aren't going to lose those votes over the concerns of atheists....that whole uproar over removing the God reference from the party platform was nationally televised and the Dems openly threw you atheists under the bus for the religious vote, and that's not actively despising you?

No.

Keeping the American Taliban out of power makes being thrown under the bus well worth it. It is the sad reality of the day that even Democrats have to pay lip service to the sky terrorist in order to keep the rightwing nuts from using it against them.

Thankfully, it won't be like that forever.

[A Theist]

No, it isn't.

When the day comes that your republicunt pals toss Billy Fucking Graham under the bus maybe I'll pay attention to you and your bullshit.

Too bad, but yes it is....your democrat buddies weren't going to toss the Black and Hispanic Christians under the bus to please you atheists that are in the party...as far as they're concerned you guys are too few and too much of a liability to sacrifice a larger voting bloc for...

[Ryantology]

If the Republicans had realized that you evangelicals are too few and too much of a liability, they would not have sacrificed larger voting blocs. Instead, now that toxic minority controls a GOP which is plummeting into inevitable irrelevance.

[Voltron]

Too bad, but yes it is....your democrat buddies weren't going to toss the Black and Hispanic Christians under the bus to please you atheists that are in the party...as far as they're concerned you guys are too few and too much of a liability to sacrifice a larger voting bloc for...

Is this all you've got to go on? You keep repeating this as it's your only example of Democrats dissing athiests. And as you can tell, not many of us had our feelings hurt by the whole situation in the first place. You seem more bothered by it than us.