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Source:VOA News with a look at American Atheism.

“Polls show that at least six percent of Americans do not believe in God, but their numbers are not reflected in Congress. VOA religion reporter Jerome Socolovsky reports from Washington that a new political action committee or PAC will try to win them political representation.”

Source:VOA News

“Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters.[4][5][6] VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 49 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world.[7] Its targeted and primary audience is non-American. As of November 2022, its reporting reached 326 million adults per week across all platforms.[8]

VOA was established in 1942, and the VOA charter was signed into law in 1976 by U.S. President Gerald Ford.[9][10] It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), an independent agency of the U.S. government.[11] Funds are appropriated annually under the budget for embassies and consulates. As of 2022, VOA had a weekly worldwide audience of approximately 326 million (up from 237 million in 2016) and employed 961 staff with an annual budget of $267.5 million.[2][12][13]

Voice of America is seen by some listeners as having a positive impact while others like lecturer Faizullah Jan of Pakistan’s University of Peshawar see it as both that and in addition as American propaganda; it also serves US diplomacy.”

From Wikipedia

I’m paraphrasing Jerome Socolovsky: but he said in his piece: “Atheists have a long, troubled history in America.” And he went on to mention the Cold War when America was fighting not just communism, but Communists and Communist states, that believed in State Atheism. Meaning at the very least, there wouldn’t be freedom of religion in a communist state, if Communists had their way. And that if organized religion would be legal in a communist state, it has best would be highly controlled and regulated by the national state.

Not just Communists, but hard core leftists in America, including Democratic Socialists, get stereotyped as Atheists, unless they are open about their religious beliefs and make it clear that they’re religious, because of the Cold War and how unpopular communism is in America.

So as someone whose not an Atheist, but an Agnostic, which is what I am: if you want your organization to succeed, you need to make it clear that you are not Communists. And not being Communists would help with that, if you want to succeed in America as an Atheist organization. As well as not being in favor of State Atheism and making that clear as well.