A new study challenges the long-held notion that American voters categorically reject candidates who identify as atheists.

Evolutionary biologist and renowned atheist Richard Dawkins ... Dawkins was not asked if he believes the United States is a Christian nation, but if he did, he would actually be in the minority.

Atheism denotes one thing and no more ... that atheists and Muslims both enjoy almost equal unpopularity in the United States – a fact of singular irrelevance to the Hicks slayings.