Dan Barreiro of KFAN spoke last week about the the saddening fact (based on a Gallup poll) that more than half of people [1] would not vote for a non-religious candidate in an election. Barreiro suggests that it is discrimination - what would happen if more than half of people wouldn't vote for an African-American or Latino candidate? Choosing to vote for a candidate based on religion is prejudice, and shouldn't our U.S. constitution protect non-believers from this? What difference does a candidate's faith (or lack of it) make when morals, values, and their ability to lead transcend religion?

Here's Barreiro's broadcast on the issue. The topic begins at about nine minutes in: BAR030207_religion.mp3

[1] I don't know specifics about the Gallup poll and I don't know what population was "sampled". All I can cite is Barreiro's broadcast.

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