Atheists hot? You better believe it

From the Seattle Times:

Four miles into last Sunday’s Seattle Marathon, runners came on a sight so singular that some stopped to be photographed with it.

It was a banner, 3 feet by 6 feet, that read: “SEATTLE ATHEISTS — WE BELIEVE IN YOU.”

Behind it, handing out water to the runners and cheering, were 30 volunteers with one thing in common: They say there is no God.

Why in heaven’s name were atheists sponsoring a road-race water station?

“Because we like that people are running on a Sunday instead of going to church?” said Wendy Britton, 43, a financial consultant from Bellevue and lifelong God-denier.

Joking aside, the atheist presence at the marathon isn’t the half of it. Suddenly atheists are hot. READ MORE