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Originally Posted by Willravel
No, not many. The reason I know this is because I've been involved in the gay rights movement for several years and I've had the opportunity to meet a lot of people from the other side. Not one of them has ever, ever been an atheist. There are people out there that believe that homosexuality is unnatural for other than religious reasons, but they generally aren't the kind that will vote against someone for the single reason that he or she is gay. They certainly aren't the vocal ones.
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You do realize that, historically, there have been closet atheists who have been patrons of religion, and some who were even religion leaders? Especially in Europe before the 18th Century and the so called Age of Enlightenment.
So, it would not be surprising (to me, at least) to find that many of the seeming proponents of religion, particularly those proponents of Fundamentalist Christianity and those who are involved in corporate and/or political power, are secretly agnostic or even atheistic. All the more probable for those who have been active and gained power amidst the fear-mongering that followed 9/11.