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Atheists | Atheists have been persecuted throughout history and around the world. Many theists believe that [[atheists are immoral]] or [[morality depends on religion]]. Saudi Arabia enacted laws that equate atheism with terrorism. The government of Egypt launched a campaign in June 2014 to warn of the "dangers of atheism". The president of Malaysia accused "humanism and secularism as well as liberalism" of being "deviant". <ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/how-the-right-to-deny-the-existence-of-god-is-under-threat-globally-9913662.html]</ref> | ||
In the [[How American Non-Atheists view Atheists|US]], atheists have almost the worst public image of any other belief grouping (atheism is approximately equal to [[Islam|Muslims]]). <ref>[http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1915/survey-public-warm-to-jews-catholics-and-cool-to-muslims-and-atheists.html]</ref> Atheists are sometimes portrayed as unhappy, short lived and mentally unstable. <ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bill-donohue-non-religious-people-need-therapy-they-die-prematurely-and-are-disproportionate]</ref> Most US Christians would be upset or unhappy if a close family member married an atheist. <ref>[http://ncronline.org/news/people/survey-many-dont-want-atheist-laws]</ref> In a 2014 survey of traits used by voters to select the US president, the trait that made most people less likely to vote for a candidate was atheism. <ref>[http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/5-19-14%20Presidential%20Traits%20Release.pdf]</ref> | In the [[How American Non-Atheists view Atheists|US]], atheists have almost the worst public image of any other belief grouping (atheism is approximately equal to [[Islam|Muslims]]). <ref>[http://national.deseretnews.com/article/1915/survey-public-warm-to-jews-catholics-and-cool-to-muslims-and-atheists.html]</ref> Atheists are sometimes portrayed as unhappy, short lived and mentally unstable. <ref>[http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/bill-donohue-non-religious-people-need-therapy-they-die-prematurely-and-are-disproportionate]</ref> Most US Christians would be upset or unhappy if a close family member married an atheist. <ref>[http://ncronline.org/news/people/survey-many-dont-want-atheist-laws]</ref> In a 2014 survey of traits used by voters to select the US president, the trait that made most people less likely to vote for a candidate was atheism. <ref>[http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/5-19-14%20Presidential%20Traits%20Release.pdf]</ref> |