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Elizabeth Dole: Campaigning on Bigotry

Source: Atheist Revolution

Oct 15, 2008

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Image via WikipediaBack in August, the campaign of North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole issued a press release accusing Democratic opponent Kay Hagan of associating with atheists. I joined many others in the atheist blogosphere in denouncing Sen. Dole's bigotry. Still, I do not think I was alone in viewing the act as simply yet another case of political mudslinging. However, it now appears than Dole's campaign has decided to make Hagan's willingness to meet with nonbelieving Americans a central issue. Sen. Dole is now campaigning on anti-atheist bigotry, and this can no longer be ignored.

The Dole campaign has been distributing campaign literature to supporters in North Carolina attacking Hagan for daring to meet with atheist constituents. Evidently, Dole has either forgotten or no longer cares that she is supposed to represent all citizens in her state and not simply those who think that someone who died over 2,000 years ago (if he lived at all) loves them.

As bad as it seems that Dole is basing her campaign on bigotry, the far-reaching implications of such a ...Read the full article

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