It’s bad enough in America to run for office as an openly atheistic person.
Apparently, it’s worse in Brazil.
Few Brazilian adults would cast a ballot for a presidential contender with no religious beliefs, according to a poll by Instituto Sensus published in Veja. Only 13 per cent of respondents would vote for an atheist candidate.
59% of the people would not vote for an atheist, the only category of people shunned by more than half the voters.
Here’s the table of results for the following question: Would you vote for a presidential candidate with the following characteristics?
Yes | No | Depends | |
---|---|---|---|
Black | 84% | 1% | 14% |
Woman | 57% | 12% | 29% |
Homosexual | 32% | 34% | 32% |
Atheist | 13% | 59% | 25% |
Source: Instituto Sensus / Veja
Methodology: Interviews with 2,000 Brazilian adults, conducted in December 2007. Margin of error is 3 per cent.
(via National Secular Society)
[tags]atheist, atheism, gay, lesbian[/tags]
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