From mit-eddie!sppip7.lkg.dec.com!jc Wed May 27 02:00:03 1992 Return-Path: Received: by minya.uucp (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.18.1 #18.16) id ; Wed, 27 May 92 02:00 EDT Received: from CRL.DEC.COM by EDDIE.MIT.EDU with SMTP (5.65/25-eef) id AA21297; Tue, 26 May 92 13:51:14 -0400 Received: by crl.dec.com; id AA14706; Tue, 26 May 92 13:51:04 -0400 Received: by sppip7.lkg.dec.com (5.57/ULTRIX-fma-071891); id AA08902; Tue, 26 May 92 13:51:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 26 May 92 13:51:09 -0400 From: mit-eddie!sppip7.lkg.dec.com!jc (John Chambers) Message-Id: <9205261751.AA08902@sppip7.lkg.dec.com> To: jchome@sppip7.lkg.dec.com Cc: Subject: rec.org.mensa #4169 - Bush statement about atheists (WAS Re: CBS show. Why make a fuss?) In article <4e7httW00WB60dG28i@andrew.cmu.edu>, David O Hunt writes: Xref: nntpd.lkg.dec.com rec.org.mensa:4169 sci.skeptic:24823 alt.atheism:28414 Organization: Masters student, Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Path: nntpd.lkg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decwrl!mips!darwin.sura.net!udel!rochester!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!dh4j+ Newsgroups: rec.org.mensa,sci.skeptic,alt.atheism Message-ID: <4e7httW00WB60dG28i@andrew.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 23 May 1992 20:08:25 -0400 From: David O Hunt Subject: Bush statement about atheists (WAS Re: CBS show. Why make a fuss?) Don Wiggins asked for details about where Bush said that atheists shouldn't be considered citizens. Here it is: In a public exchange bewteen Bush and Rob Sherman (spokesman for American Atheists) at Chicago's O'Hare airport on August 27, 1988. Sherman: What will you do to win the votes of Americans who are atheists? Bush: I guess I'm pretty weak in the atheist community. Faith in God is important to me. [ed. comment: Tehe above statement I have no problem with. To each their own] Sherman: Surely you recognize the equal citizenship and patriotism of Americans who are atheists? Bush: No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God. Apparently this also appears in the BOULDER DAILY CAMERA Feb 27, 1989. David -- To a man who feels, life is a tragedy. To a man who thinks, life is a comedy. [Who said that?]