Religious Freedom

What hypocrisy for America to display moral highhandedness about China’s controls on freedom of speech and religion (“China Faulted on Religious Freedom,” July 22).

Can an atheist express his or her freedom of conscience without severe censure or ostracism? How many atheists are there in the Senate, the House, the Supreme Court, in our politics, or even in the whole U.S. government?

How can we self-righteously condemn the lack of freedom of religion in China, when what China has that we don’t is freedom from religion. We need a law that protects non-theists from the persecution and censorship that religion imposes on the government, the media and in the classroom.

NEWTON JOSEPH