Internet Infidels executive director Keith Augustine has pointed me to another study which also shows that Americans distrust atheists. This report (PDF) by the Pew Center, issued March 22, 2006, lists Americans’ favorability ratings for various religious groups on p. 3 (table 5) from a July 2005 survey:

Table 5.
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Favorability Ratings of Religious Groups
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Opinions of ...         Fav    Unfav    No opinion

Jews                    77%       7%        16%
Catholics               73       14         13
Evangelical Christians  57       19         24
Muslim-Americans        55       25         20
Atheists                35       50         15
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Source: Pew Research Center, July 2005

This result is consistent with the University of Minnesota data we commented on earlier.

I wonder how Scientologists would fare.