Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

I leave you this fine evening with a Wall Street Journal story about President Obama's respectfulness toward atheists. This paragraph surprised me:

While nonbelievers welcomed Mr. Obama's recognition, the move could make some people uneasy. Americans are less comfortable with atheists than they are with many other minority groups, according to a 2006 University of Minnesota study. Nearly half of those surveyed said they would disapprove if their child wanted to marry an atheist, versus a third who said the same of a Muslim. People were more accepting of homosexuals, conservative Christians, immigrants, Hispanics and Jews.

I joke about my Christian friends accepting me. Maybe they're tolerating me.