[tzs]

> I really don't like it but I can't shake off my smug European sense of being weirded out when I read about how atheists are seemingly treated in America.

That's OK, 'cause we Americans can be smug right back at you over the way Gypsies are treated in Europe.

Just as we treat atheists the way Europe did a century ago, Europe treats the Gypsies the way America treated black people a century ago. Actually, Europe doesn't seem all that friendly to blacks yet, either, at least judging by what soccer fans have been chanting at opposing team black players.

So...don't get too smug over there. :-)