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Yes, I am an atheist.  I will never stop writing about the atheists martyred in Bangladesh for the "crime" of blogging their opinion.  I will never let the world forget [[Raif Badawi]], sentenced to 1,000 lashes for secular blogging.  I will never let the world forget atheism is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.  I will never forget that 5% of Saudis are atheists, forced out of cafes to mosques to pray to a deity that doesn't exist.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism  |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.wingia.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>  Believing in a higher power should be a choice, not codified into law upon penalty of death.
 
Yes, I am an atheist.  I will never stop writing about the atheists martyred in Bangladesh for the "crime" of blogging their opinion.  I will never let the world forget [[Raif Badawi]], sentenced to 1,000 lashes for secular blogging.  I will never let the world forget atheism is punishable by death in Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.  I will never forget that 5% of Saudis are atheists, forced out of cafes to mosques to pray to a deity that doesn't exist.<ref>{{cite news|title= Global Index of Religiosity and Atheism  |publisher= [[WIN/GIA|Gallup]]|date=|url= http://www.wingia.com/web/files/news/14/file/14.pdf |accessdate=2017-03-01}}</ref>  Believing in a higher power should be a choice, not codified into law upon penalty of death.
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''"Secularism respects everyone and does not offend anyone ... Secularism ... is the practical solution to lift countries (including ours) out of the third world and into the first world."'' -Raif Badawi, secularist political prisoner in Saudi Arabia
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''"Secularism respects everyone and does not offend anyone ... Secularism ... is the practical solution to lift countries (including ours) out of the third world and into the first world."'' —Raif Badawi, secularist political prisoner in Saudi Arabia
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"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
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—JFK
 
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