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| | [[Image:65375.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ''[[Stanford]] Encylopedia of [[Philosophy]]'' says about [[David Hume]]: "Although many of Hume's own contemporaries were happy to label Hume an '[[atheism|atheist]]', our own contemporaries are more divided on this issue."<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10</ref> ]] | | [[Image:65375.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The ''[[Stanford]] Encylopedia of [[Philosophy]]'' says about [[David Hume]]: "Although many of Hume's own contemporaries were happy to label Hume an '[[atheism|atheist]]', our own contemporaries are more divided on this issue."<ref>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10</ref> ]] |
| − | In the United States, atheists are a small faction of the political right.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> Since the 1960s/1970s, there was a significant trend of religious conservatives becoming [[Republican]]s.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> But the secular right is growing in the United States and this is partly due to the [[alt-right]] movement. | + | In the United States, atheists are a small faction of the political right.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> Since the 1960s/1970s, there was a significant trend of religious conservatives becoming [[Republican]]s.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/us/19beliefs.html?_r=0 A Place on the Right for a Few Godless Conservatives] by MARK OPPENHEIMER, ''New York Times'', 2011</ref> But the secular right is growing in the United States. |
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| | As far as politically center of right atheists/agnostics, there is a stronger wing of the right of center politics in the United Kingdom, with famous adherents such as [[David Hume]] and Reginald Johnston,<ref>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990623/debtext/90623-40.htm</ref> and Tory MP Michael Portillo. | | As far as politically center of right atheists/agnostics, there is a stronger wing of the right of center politics in the United Kingdom, with famous adherents such as [[David Hume]] and Reginald Johnston,<ref>http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199899/cmhansrd/vo990623/debtext/90623-40.htm</ref> and Tory MP Michael Portillo. |
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| | Both [[Ron Paul]] and [[Rand Paul]] are religious libertarians. | | Both [[Ron Paul]] and [[Rand Paul]] are religious libertarians. |
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| − | Professor George Hawley of the University of Alabama and author of the book ''Making Sense of the Alt-Right'' said in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR) about the [[alt-right]] movement:
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| − | In the [[Western World]] whites and males are both majorities within the [[atheist population]] (see: [[Demographics of atheism]] and [[Western atheism and race]] and [[Atheism and women]]).
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| − | The alt-right leader Richard Spencer is an atheist who calls himself a "cultural Christian".<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2017/01/22/white-nationalist-richard-spencer-says-hes-an-atheist/ White Nationalist Richard Spencer Says He’s an Atheist] by HEMANT MEHTA</ref>
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| | == Secular left vs. secular right == | | == Secular left vs. secular right == |
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| | * [[Christopher Hitchens]] | | * [[Christopher Hitchens]] |
| | *[[Dave Rubin]] | | *[[Dave Rubin]] |
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| | + | == Right of center, atheist, political organizations == |
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| | + | *[[Republican Atheists]] |
| | + | *[[Atheists for Liberty]] |
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| | == See also == | | == See also == |
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| | *[[Atheism and politics]] | | *[[Atheism and politics]] |
| − | *[[Republican Atheists]]
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| | == References == | | == References == |