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White Christian Nationalists like to say there are no atheists in foxholes, but they’re wrong. I’ve met them. I’ve served beside them. I am one: a proud atheist and U.S. combat veteran. And try as they might, no memo, list, or political appointee can change the fact that American Atheists exist — not while we keep speaking out, showing up, and working to build a country where everyone counts.
The Founders weren’t hostile to religion. They were opposed to tyranny, and they understood a government powerful enough to impose one creed is likewise powerful enough to punish anyone outside it. I’d argue Christian Nationalists also understand this but they actually like the idea of religious tyranny so long as they’re the ones in charge.
