It is hilarious to hear the argument "Would America Elect An Atheist?" for perhaps the question ought to be
WOULD AMERICA ELECT AN HONEST ATHEIST?
Because anyone who acted like this while believing that there IS an omniscient GOD who cares about these things, is
fucking crazy.
Many if not most of these folks are absolute and utter atheists, who only participate in pious obedience in front of the Temple Gods so that they can attain the worship of the people. Remember, when there are Temple Gods, there is also an Emperor God, and the few truly religious types often fall into that heresy of Emperor Worship.
A true Christian would be a community organizer type, who read the Gospel and obeyed it - and would act like Barack Obama. As in the Roman days, these sort of insurrectionists are extremely frightening and dangerous. Mr. King was a wonderful example of that sort of threat. The true Christian is as scary to these types as the True Muslim -
they believe in justice for themselves, justice in what they do, and justice in what is done to them. They are a threat of the greatest magnitude.