And the consequences of being publicly atheist, or agnostic, or even spiritual-but-non-Christian, for those of us who stick our necks out, are often drastic, including losing jobs and custody of children and sometimes even being thrown in jail for whatever the police can find on us, or in some cases even thrown in jail for charges that are completely fabricated. It happens. And it almost never makes the news when it does.

Ok, now as a white, upper middle class Christian, I will admit, I haven't had to deal with a lot of problems from US society. But seriously? Losing jobs I might see in the Bible Belt (although that's a case I'm sure the ACLU would love), but how are the police supposed to know you're an atheist?

This sort of smacks of "the lurkers support me in e-mail" evidence to me (although I am willing to be proved wrong).

And that said, Christians? We are really not being persecuted in America. I understand the feeling. But no.