The title initially put me off as it seems to fall into the pattern of encouraging the extremist appellations given to atheists (ie "evangelical athiests") and creating a false picture that equates atheists with religious extremists. As a subjective EDITORIAL piece (that does not pretend to be objective or "news") - it is a very strong piece. His premise is that "the public has been bombarded by pro-religious propaganda from time immemorial" and that "until now it has been virtually impossible to get a fair hearing for critical comment... it was considered impolite, in bad taste, and it threatened to raise doubts about God’s existence or hegemony". So any comment from an atheist is viewed as an ATTACK on God. Any response to religious extremists trying to use GOD as an excuse for their action is seen as an attack on religion instead of a request for them to keep their beliefs, to themselves, off our bodies, out of our schools, out of our laws & government! None of the atheists I know have ever tried to convert others to their belief systems, unlike some of the Christians I know. I enoyed his point about how atheists are always being attacked for trying to destroy morality & ethics - yet we are developing our set of ethics and morality based on critical thinking and what is best for people -- that isn't based on some set of rules someone else gave us that we believe in just on the basis of "blind faith".