Why do Americans still dislike atheists?

Why do sociologists break their own rules when it suits their ends? "More ethical" doesn't have a meaning in a world where morality isn't purely objective. Either this article was written by an idiot or his sources don't word good. Wait…washington post…it's both.

Damn you, hacker news, for linking to this crap. I was hoping it would be interesting. Is there a way to neg rep the OP or is that just a forum thing?

You're on the wrong website. May I suggest www.reddit.com

I for one love myself.

Those who don’t believe in God are widely considered to be immoral, wicked and angry. They can’t join the Boy Scouts. Atheist soldiers are rated potentially deficient when they do not score as sufficiently “spiritual” in military psychological evaluations.

This last bit is probably because atheists would naturally score higher for psychopathic and sociopathic behaviors.

Actually, I'd wager it's because atheists naturally score higher in IQ. Like police departments^, I suspect that the military prefers to higher people with "closer to average" IQs.

^ http://articles.latimes.com/1999/sep/09/news/mn-8141