Silverman Booted From CPAC

David Silverman and the American Atheists have been booted from the 2014 CPAC Conference:

"The Conservative Political Action Conference has revoked the booth belonging to the group American Atheists at the right-wing convention beginning later this week.

The group, which advocates on behalf of atheists across the country, was scheduled to do outreach with a station at this year's CPAC conference.

Earlier in the day, CNN quoted American Atheists president David Silverman (pictured above) saying "I am not worried about making the Christian right angry. The Christian right should be angry that we are going in to enlighten conservatives. The Christian right should be threatened by us."

Meghan Snyder, a spokesperson for CPAC organizers, explained why American Atheists would no longer have a booth at the event:

American Atheists misrepresented itself about their willingness to engage in positive dialogue and work together to promote limited government.

We spoke with Mr. Silverman about his divisive and inappropriate language. He pledged that he will attack the very idea that Christianity is an important element of conservatism. People of any faith tradition should not be attacked for their beliefs, especially at our conference. He has left us with no choice but to return his money.

If there is anything in which Atheists do not believe, it is conservatism in government. Silverman is not one to think an actual thought before he speaks, and when he speaks it is in arrogant self-assurance of his own elitist knowledge of Truth. And his Truth is focused on attacking Christians and Christianity, not on small government and personal responsibility and moral character development - the things of political conservatism. There is no question that he would have continued his attack rather than tried to be a positive contributor to the conservative position.