10.29.07
Famous Quotes and Sayings at Famous Quotes Central - Atheists
At a formal outdoor news conference at O’Hare Airport talking with Robert I.
Sherman, a reporter for the American Atheist news journal who was fully
accredited by the state of Illinois and by invitation a participating member
of the press corps covering the national candidates campaigning for the
presidency.
Sherman: What will you do to win the votes of the Americans who are
atheists?
Bush: I guess I’m pretty weak in the atheist community. Faith in god is
important to me.
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.
Sherman: Do you support as a sound constitutional principle the separation
of state and church?
Bush: Yes, I support the separation of church and state. I’m just not very
high on atheists.
George Bush August 27, 1987
