Andrew Sullivan, re: Al Sharpton’s crack on Mitt Romney’s religion:

I agree that Sharpton’s tone and remarks were bigoted; I certainly defend the right of Mormons to run for any public office without their faith being used against them. But then I haven’t made religious faith a central tenet of my conservatism, unlike [Hugh] Hewitt and Romney. And Romney, for his part, has gone further in bigotry than Sharpton. Romney has stated that “we need to have a person of faith lead the country.” Atheists, in other words, should not apply. How is that different from Sharpton exactly? (emphasis mine)

I’ve long felt that atheists will be the last group remaining that it’ll be acceptable to direct unrestrained hate speech towards.  To a religious fundamentalist, the only thing worse than someone who rejects their interpretation of “god” is someone who rejects all of them.