In USA Today news on October 1st, 2014, http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/10/01/atheists-election-campaign-religion-secular-column/16558423/ Tom Krattenmaker argues that "atheists" should be allowed to run as one of the major party candidates. Stating that, "It tells you something that in a time when "no religion" is the category of roughly 20% of Americans, virtually none of the hundreds of Democrats and Republicans vying for congressional seats identify as a religious "none." Because of that half of the true non-believers don't even try knowing they wont have a chance.
Isn't every American supposed to be treated equally? White? Black? Short? Tall? I believe so due to the fact that everyone isn't raised with the same beliefs, that doesn't mean that they can't compete in the same elections as everyone else that is considered normal for "following" in a certain religion. I'm agreeing with Krattenmaker saying that, "This situation should not, and will not, hold for long." Being atheists doesn't mean you don't have the same views on politics as another one of your colleges, so why jump to conclusion and assume that they don't and reject towards the ballot...? Just shows how Americans are now so much more judgmental than before.
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