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His brother Larry Sanders also [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bernie-sanders-finally-answers-the-god-question/2016/01/26/83429390-bfb0-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html told the outlet] that the candidate was "quite substantially not religious."<ref>[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865658776/Is-Bernie-Sanders-an-atheist.html Is Bernie Sanders an atheist?] by Billy Hallowell, ''Deseret News'', 2016</ref>}}

His brother Larry Sanders also [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bernie-sanders-finally-answers-the-god-question/2016/01/26/83429390-bfb0-11e5-bcda-62a36b394160_story.html told the outlet] that the candidate was "quite substantially not religious."<ref>[https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865658776/Is-Bernie-Sanders-an-atheist.html Is Bernie Sanders an atheist?] by Billy Hallowell, ''Deseret News'', 2016</ref>}}

Bernie Sanders spent his honeymoon in the [[Soviet Union]] which has a regime which practiced [[militant atheism]] (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/video-of-shirtless-bernie-sanders-singing-in-the-soviet-union-in-1988-pushed-by-pro-beto-group Pro-Beto group leader posts video of shirtless Bernie Sanders 'drunkenly' singing in Soviet Union in 1988], Washington Examiner, 2019</ref>

Bernie Sanders spent his honeymoon in the [[Soviet Union]] which has a regime which practiced [[militant atheism]] (see: [[Atheism and communism]]).<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/video-of-shirtless-bernie-sanders-singing-in-the-soviet-union-in-1988-pushed-by-pro-beto-group Pro-Beto group leader posts video of shirtless Bernie Sanders 'drunkenly' singing in Soviet Union in 1988], Washington Examiner, 2019</ref> According to the [[University of Cambridge]], historically, the "most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 [[Russian Revolution]], which brought the [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist-Leninists]] to power."<ref name="Marxism-Leninism">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130728215151/http://www.investigatingatheism.info/marxism.html|title=Investigating atheism: Marxism|publisher = [[University of Cambridge]]|quote=The most notable spread of atheism was achieved through the success of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought the Marxist-Leninists to power. For the first time in history, atheism thus became the official ideology of a state.|year=2008|accessdate=July 17, 2014}}</ref>  

The ''Religion News Service'' states: "Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders dashed the hopes of some atheists when he declared he had 'very strong religious and spiritual feelings' at a Democratic town hall."<ref>[http://religionnews.com/2016/02/04/bernie-sanders-disappoints-atheists-strong-religious-feelings/ Bernie Sanders disappoints some atheists with his ‘very strong religious’ feelings], Religion News Service</ref>

The ''Religion News Service'' states: "Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders dashed the hopes of some atheists when he declared he had 'very strong religious and spiritual feelings' at a Democratic town hall."<ref>[http://religionnews.com/2016/02/04/bernie-sanders-disappoints-atheists-strong-religious-feelings/ Bernie Sanders disappoints some atheists with his ‘very strong religious’ feelings], Religion News Service</ref>