President O'Bama Nobel Laureate...

[Aemilius Paulus]

Im sure I heard of some poll where Americans said they would vote for a muslim over an atheist... maybe the Republican attack machine picked the wrong angle....

Yeah, I saw it too. Out of all the various "handicaps", atheism was by far the most serious.

Here is one Gallup poll from 1999, which measured the percentage of Americans not willing to vote for "a generally well-qualified person for president" with one of the following characteristics:
Catholic: 4%
Black: 5%
Jewish: 6%
Baptist: 6%
Female: 8%
Mormon: 17%
Muslim: 38% (yeah, I know, it is probably much worse right now, with the 9/11 behind us)
Homosexual: 37%
Atheist: 48%



Here is a 2007 Gallup poll, albeit with slightly different categories:
Catholic - 4%
Black - 5%
Jewish - 7% (slightly worse than in 1999)
Female - 11% (quite noticeably worse than in 1999)
Hispanic - 12%
Mormon - 24% (very noticeably worse)
Married for the third time - 30
72 years of age - 42%
Homosexual - 43% (very noticeably worse)
Atheist - 53% (quite noticeably worse than in 1999)


So Americans are growing less tolerant ? Especially against gays, Mormons and atheists…

According to this Gallup article, it is true that Americans are growing less tolerant in the past few years