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== Bernie Sanders' reluctance to call himself an atheist ==

== Bernie Sanders' reluctance to call himself an atheist ==

[[File:Sanders.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Bernie Sanders]] is reluctant to publicly call himself an atheist.<ref name="americablog.com">[http://americablog.com/2016/01/bernie-sanders-mainstreaming-atheism.html Bernie Sanders is mainstreaming atheism in American politics]</ref>]]

[[File:Sanders.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Bernie Sanders]] is reluctant to publicly call himself an atheist.<ref name="americablog.com">[http://americablog.com/2016/01/bernie-sanders-mainstreaming-atheism.html Bernie Sanders is mainstreaming atheism in American politics]</ref>]]

In many religious countries and even irreligious countries there is a stigma related to [[atheism]] and as a result many atheists are reluctant to: call themselves atheists and/or be outspoken atheists (see: [[Stigma of atheism]] and [[Views on atheists]]).  

In many religious countries and even irreligious countries there is a stigma related to [[atheism]] and as a result many atheists are reluctant to: call themselves atheists and/or be outspoken atheists (see: [[Stigma of atheism]] and [[Views on atheists]]).