Conservatives probably respect atheists less

(Before It's News)

This clip by S. E. Cupp is making the rounds. I often find Cupp to be glib, so it’s no surprise that I disagree with many of the details of what she is saying. In particular it struck me as strange to listen to her talk about how conservatives respect atheists. Atheists are held in low esteem by the American public as a whole, let alone by conservatives. The general social survey has a question, SPKATH, which states:

There are always some people whose ideas are considered bad or dangerous by other people. For instance, somebody who is
against churches and religion… a. If such a person wanted to make a speech in your (city/town/community) against churches and religion, should he be allowed to speak, or not?

Here fractions who would allow this person to speak or not not in 1972-1990:

Here fractions who would allow this person to speak or not not in 2000-2012:

You can see that liberals tend to be more accepting of atheists making a speech than conservatives. Interestingly ~20 percent of self-identified extreme liberals would still not allow an atheist speak. As opposed to ~40 percent of self identified extreme conservatives.

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