Reply #134: Democracy is majority rule, right? [View All]

[neebob]

So if the majority want the government to support their religion or don't have a problem with the government supporting that religion and/or have a problem with atheists or members of other religions, then that has the potential to create an environment that's unfriendly to atheists and members of the other religions. Therefore, democracy is not the answer.

Democracy allows whatever majority happens to develop - or, with what passes for democracy in America today, a loud minority with a lot of money - to impose its will on everyone else.

The answer is for the government to be uninvolved and impartial to religion. If you don't like the word atheistic, call it non-theistic or extratheistic. Or secular.