From pg 71 of recent PEW report:

"The unaffiliated have grown and Christians have declined as a share of all racial and ethnic groups. Whites, however, continue to be more likely than both blacks and Hispanics to say they have no religion (24% among whites compared with 20% among Hispanics and 18% among blacks)."

This is a much wider differential between blacks and other groups than we had seen in prior surveys.  It certainly does provide nation wide evidence confirming Lance's personal reports.

I think that for much of society, being out about being gay or lesbian would now be accepted with emotional neutrality.  It seems to me that at 23% with no religious affiliation that there should be many on our list who can say that they experience similar neutrality among at least some of their religious friends.  I have that in a number of circles where I am socially visible as an atheist and it is accepted as neutral.  Obviously, I am out about my atheism to a much greater extent than many.  However, it is never the case that I can announce my secularism without some fear of negative results.  I very seldom get visible negative results even in social circles that are racially mixed or heavily black.  I am much more cautious about being honest about my secularism with the more heavily black social circles and my guess is that I would be less likely to get an honest report of disapproval on those occasions if it were to happen.

Don

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