"Continuing to conflate religion and conservatism is not a viable strategy; this was apparently too scary for CPAC attendees to hear," Silverman said. "America's religious conservatives can deny it all they want, but soon they're going to realize that ignoring the growing number of atheist constituents is a losing proposition."
MORE: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/02/25/just-like-that-american-atheists-booted-from-cpac/
See also...
Conservative Atheists Speak Up About CPAC Shunning
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/conservative-atheists-speak-up-about-cpac-shunning/
How Republicans lost non-religious voters
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/26/how-republicans-lost-non-religious-voters/
Earlier...
Atheists plan conservative outreach with booth at CPAC
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/02/25/atheists-plan-conservative-outreach-with-booth-at-cpac/
