Atheists greet crowd arriving at brown shirt festival in Ames

[47of74]

Atheists greeted a crowd who arrived at the Great Iowa Christian Conservative Brownshirt Festival The Family Leadership Summit in Ames today.

AMES, Iowa | As they arrived at an all-day cattle call of conservative presidential hopefuls, Christian conservatives were greeted by demonstrators from the Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers who sought to convince Republicans that the party’s rhetoric was pushing atheists away as voters.

“They’re telling me they don’t want me in their party,” said John Fruetel, of Newton, who was part of a protest outside Stephens Auditorium in Ames, where more than 2,500 people were arriving to hear from 2016 GOP candidates at the 2015 Family Leadership Summit. Fruetel said he identifies as a conservative on many issues except social ones.

Amanda Knief, national legal and public policy director for American Atheists, joined the group. She said the point was not to put Christians down but to make them aware that they were isolating a significant voting bloc.

[Warpy]

1. Poor things, the Republican Party really doesn't want them

and the sooner they figure that out, the better.

[47of74]

2. There's a lot of people the Republicans don't want.

Sooner these people figure that out the better for all of us. Either to join us or split the conservative ticket.

[rurallib]

3. That is quite interesting since a fast growing percentage of Americans

identify either as atheist or as no religion.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/12/landmark-study-shows-remarkable-growth-of-non-religious-americans/

Looks like about @20 million or so (rough estimate) switched to the unaffiliated in the past 7 years to bring the total up to @ 56 million. Lot of voters to just give the proverbial finger to potentially.

Like so many others segments, many won't pay attention to the snub and won't care. But when it is pointed out some may climb on the "WTF" bus.

Just another group that isn't rich, white, male & Christian.