"It is obvious that you do not have to believe in a higher power in order to live a moral and successful life. Quite the opposite," the Knoxville News' Al Westerfield writes of the study, adding that "the groups with the highest crime rate, the poorest marriages and the lowest education continually strive to force their beliefs on the nonreligious. And the politicians pander to them. Why else would they pass laws to put religion in the schools and on courthouse facades? And then they wonder why the godless could possibly be upset."
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Atheists victims of hypocrisy by some groups
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