Atheism is more disqualifying for US voters than race, gender, or sexuality

Evidence

A February 2007 Gallup poll revealed a remarkable degree of social acceptance of this diversity vying for the highest political office in the country. Majorities of Americans reported a willingness to vote for a candidate who is Catholic (95 percent), African American (94 percent), Jewish (92 percent), female (88 percent), Hispanic (87 percent), Mormon (72 percent), twice divorced but currently married (67 percent), elderly (57 percent), or gay (55 percent). Of the provided list of possible candidates, only one—the atheist candidate (45 percent)—could not garner a majority vote. — Norenzayan, Ara, Big gods - how religion transformed…, 229

Categorization

• CANDY: The ranking itself is a striking, tweetable datapoint: gay candidates outpoll atheist candidates, and atheism trails even ‘twice divorced currently married.’
• QUESTION: If public atheism is the single strongest trust-killer, does the fumi-e mechanism in the novel map cleanly onto American secular distrust of apostates — or is atheist distrust distinct from apostasy simulation?