A few people formed the "National Atheist Party" support in March and various state chapters have since formed_ all on Facebook:
The National Atheist Party is a diverse, all inclusive, progressive, secular political effort and a reaction to the want of representation for all free thinking people who are legal, law abiding citizens of the United States.
We demand emancipation from the spiritual dogma that has infiltrated our regime and has unfairly influenced political decisions and policy making. We are for the PEOPLE, by the PEOPLE, and therefore contain the good to use the office OF the People to restore equality to our Democracy using reasonable, rational and non-violent means. "POWER TO THE PEOPLE!"
The National Atheist Party is subject to masses of all races, sexes and sexual orientations, and cultures. We are attached to a government destitute of superstition and prejudice and are guided by principles of equal opportunity, recognition of merit, and economic responsibility. The National Atheist Party does not attempt to suppress the spiritual practices or beliefs of any group, but is committed to the thought that religious orientation is a secret matter and has no property in the politics or workplace. We hold the interval of church and state, and try to ensure its strictest interpretation.
First of all, rational people should know how to go off the CAPS Lock key_
And of all the acronyms you could`ve gone with, you chose that one?!
They are good about this - they simply want to grow enough money to read as a legit party.Truth be told, I think it`d be great if we could get atheists to voting in a bloc - maybe politicians would go to guide us more seriously if we did - but we`re independent thinkers and it`s not like we would automatically listen to some random "party head" who told us how to vote.
It`s not fully fleshed out yet and it`s comfortable to distinguish some problems.Like in the Charter.Some of the party`s platform issues are very general, while others are hopelessly narrow because they`re so focussed on what atheists want.Their Education platform, for example, is more concerned with proselytizing teachers than whether all kids have admittance to a serious public schooling in the first place.
But if NAP is serious, I would wish to live which candidates they would stand in the following election when more than 99% of all major candidates for Congress or the Presidency say they believe in a god_ and I`d care to live if they would suffer a spiritual candidate who supported them on most (or all) of the platform issues.
(Thanks to Nathan for the link!)
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