When George H.W. Bush, as presidential nominee for the Republican party (1987), said, "No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under God."

Why should he think that this would help him? Because many people feel this way. Many religious persons would not vote for an atheist to take office. What are they afraid of? That we're immoral? Evil? Any number of bad things just because we do not believe in a god?

There are a lot of preconceptions about atheism, a lot of negative associations about atheists themselves. However, "there is nothing to stop atheists believing in morality, a meaning for life, or human goodness. Atheism is only intrisically negative when it comes to belief about God. It is as capable of a positive view of other aspects of life as any other belief" (Julian Baggini, Atheism: A Very Short Introduction).

That quote sums up what this site is about, basically. That atheists are good people just as much as a member of any other group of people. We're tired of being hated and misrepresented (or, more often, not represented at all).

If you agree that Atheists are People, Too and want to stop the hatred of the godless, please join this clique. You don't even have to be atheist to join, all you have to do is respect them as human beings. (notice, I didn't say "tolerate." We're not looking to just be tolerated, we want respect, just as any good atheist would respect a religious person's right to believe what they do).