A few days ago I noted that CPAC was allowing the American Atheists to have a booth at its upcoming convention, but not GOProud, a group of Gay Republicans. (That term should be an oxymoron, but oddly enough, it's not). l expressed some reservations about whether the Atheists had indeed gotten a booth, it being so hard to believe that the whackos running CPAC would do such a thing.
Well, my reluctance to believe my usually very reliable source was somewhat justified. The Atheists were given a booth, but CPAC giveth, and CPAC taketh away:
Yesterday, CPAC organizers announced that they had changed their mind about inviting American Atheists to set up a booth at this year's conference, which will be held March 6-8 at National Harbor. The group's president said he was “really disappointed, but … not at all surprised” by the reverse of their fortunes. “We were going to CPAC specifically to combat the notion that one must be Christian in order to be conservative. We wanted to bring that to the forefront.”
via The Fix
Actually, I very much doubt that these particular atheists are all that conservative, but be that as it may. I don't claim to be a Christian, but I know what Christ is purported to have preached, and I absolutely agree that you don't have to be a Christian to be a conservative. In fact, you can't be a Christian and a conservative in this country at this time. There is only one thing one must be to be a conservative: a hypocrite.
But, as an afterthought, I would really urge the CPACers to reconsider. After all, shouldn't atheists be most likely to not only be conservative but act like conservatives? Christians, after all, are (supposedly) under an injunction to do good to their fellow man (putting predestination aside for the moment) They are constrained in their selfishness by their fear of what comes after; the “undiscovered country ” of which Hamlet spoke. Atheists are under no such constraint, and by the logic of conservative thought, they should be totally self interested and and act that way, there being no heaven unto which they might aspire. And isn't that what the prophet Ayn teaches? Why surely it is easier for an atheist to get into the kingdom of Rand than either a camel or a (real) Christian.
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