An atheist president?

I vowed to stop commenting over there but I read this so I will comment here (and be accused of stealing content and making mean personal attacks).

You can read the whole thing in context at http://dumbgirl.bravejournal.com/entry/8105, but here's what disturbs me:

Eric: "I heard a poll quoted last week, credibillity unknown, that said the American People where far more inclined to elect a devout muslim to the White House, than a confirmed Athiest. This disturbs me..."

Amy: "...I understand why you find it that poll distrubing. I hope neither will ever be President"

And Amy seems to be one of the more level-headed Bush backers. Are Muslims and atheists somehow less than Christians? What is so scary about atheists or muslims? I am more scared of a leader who claims to be guided by God than one who makes decisions based on knowledge and understanding, whether he or she is christian, muslim, jew, atheist, or whatever.

Religion is a private thing. We have a constitutionally protected right to practice our religion and to be free from someone else's. Why must our leaders be seen praying at all. I would be much happier if there were absolutely no talk of religion during the campaign and during the president's term in office.

Matthew 6:5-6: "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men....when thou prayest, enter into thy closet and when thou has shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret...."

Fundamentalist Christians and and their followers can spout off all they want about the Founding Fathers being christians but the facts prove otherwise. Jefferson, Paine, Franklin, Washington, and others were deists. As Deists they did not believe that Jesus was God, they did not believe in the Trinity, they did not believe that God took sides in a war, or that God intervened because of prayer. They believed that a Creator God made the world and set down natural laws and then was hands off.

Republicans please keep your God to yourselves; out of our laws, out of our Constitution. Thank you.