Religious Oppression

please click on the link below to access the article I would like you to respond to.  Write a 250-word response in which you answer the following questions:

1) What is the position argued in the essay?

2) In your opinion, what are TWO reasons why Americans distrust atheists?

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/in-atheists-we-distrust/

The following link from Pew will also provides data regarding atheists in the US, so please review it:

https://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/religious-family/atheist/