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# Letter: In the closet
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-in-the-closet/
- Published: 2012-11-22T01:09:23.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:02:39.000Z
- Author: Daniel Archuleta
- Tags: Letters, Opinion, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:52

Editor:

I have but one issue with this otherwise remarkably balanced article ("Judge denies injunction to display nativity scenes," Nov. 19). The author refers to, "a tactical shift as atheists evolve into a vocal minority... ." But I would seriously question if atheists are a minority at all. Certainly they are not any more than other so-called mainstream belief systems.

The fact exists that most atheists keep their beliefs to themselves, as they find their views generally repellent to those who do not share them. Therefore I would say that there are a great deal more closeted atheists than vocal ones.

Dylan Rush

Venice, Calif.