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Related: About this forumShun the Atheist Boyfriend
A poll reveals that parents of all political persuasions are very squeamish about the prospect of a godless daughter- or son-in-law.
Jun 12 2014, 5:10 PM ET
Emma Green
The young, educated Brooklynite tweaks his sardonic bow tie and gently tugs the laces of his newly polished Oxfords. He spent the afternoon picking out just the right flowers for the mother of his young, educated girlfriendtonight's the night he'll ask her to be his gal for life.
He's got a kick in his step as he strides up the walk to her Staten Island home. The door opens to shouts of greetings and mom-ish kisses and surprisingly pushy offers of food and drink. They nosh, they gab, and things are grandthat is, until they sit down for dinner.
Over bowls of matzo balls, dear Dad-To-Be brings up metaphysics, as one often does over soup. "So, my boy, what does God have in store for your career, you think?" DTB asks.
"Oh," coughs the Brooklynite, mildly, "I don't think God has much to do with it, but I'm very excited"
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/06/shun-the-atheist-boyfriend/372709/
cbayer
(146,218 posts)the results are pretty striking. This appears to be a problem primarily among conservatives. The numbers among liberals approach those of the nonaffiliated.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)is much more interesting than the article itself, heh. The article is one of those things where somebody simply spent the time to get numbers that support what I think most of us would have considered conventional wisdom, but the commentary below is quite amusing.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)One of my biggest fears is one or all of my boys will hook up with some nut and turn him into a christian nut too. I told them I don't care if their girlfriend/fiance/wife is religious, just try not to pick a Michelle Bachman/Marsha Blackburn lunatic type woman.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)Not exactly breaking news.