Thread:Comments:Gay couple elected prom king and queen in Maine's Sanford High School/Silly/reply (66)

It is my impression although admittedly completely from either fictional shows or documentaries, I have never been to the US.

I'm certain it's to do with the more secular culture of the UK. I get the impression that biggots in the UK would hate gays because they're 'not right' but with no real religious undertones. As an atheist in middle England I probably have a skewed view - but nobody bats an eyelid when they say they're an atheist in the UK. I read a social study (it may even have been on wikinews) that suggested that atheists in the US are as unpopular if not more unpopular than muslims homosexuals and other potential minority groups. From this I concluded that homosexuality in the US, as atheism, is frowned upon as an affront to god.

I'm not suggesting that the US is more biggoted, but perhaps the predjudice stems from religious reasoning.