"Why oh why..." Geez, the Associate Press is a disgrace

Via Jesse Taylor at Pandagon (and what is with their site's logo?), comes this gem from an AP report on a gathering of so-called atheists in San Fran.

Just how tolerant of Christianity and other religions are the atheists?

“We don’t hate Christians,” said David Fitzgerald, 40, an insurance broker and member of San Francisco Atheists. “People in this country are free to believe in whatever they want.”

Nonetheless, during the Saturday night movie, the crowd booed and hissed when a photo of Pat Robertson was displayed on the screen.

Robertson, the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and a former U.S. presidential candidate, is a leader in the efforts by some religious groups to return America and its government to Christian values.[emphasis...well, duh]

Whaaaa? "Return" our government to its Christian values? Can't return to a place you've never been. If we had a press corps that gave a damn, we'd be fighting to return our government to its enlightenment values. You know, science, reason. That stuff. Instead we have a fight to ensure that movie promotional devices are given a place of honor in our courthouses.

And as an aside, booing Pat Robertson, that false prophet of profits does not equal being intolerant of Christians. Just assholes.