On Friday, 17 July 2015, The show What Would You Do aired an episode featuring a praying family being rudely interrupted by an atheist with no respect for the first amendment. While this scenario is not implausible, it seems highly unlikely and unintentionally casts atheists in a negative light.

In the USA there is a strong stigma associated with atheism. We feel that ABC's What Would You Do could raise awareness for this stigma by doing an episode about disrespect towards an atheist.

The scenario could be as similar as the Praying Family scenario - an atheist is sitting in a restaurant, wearing a shirt that simply says "Atheist", or "Atheism: A Non-Prophet Organization", or "American Atheist" (nothing offensive about that). As he/she is dining, someone notices the atheist's shirt and approaches the atheist, and begins to proselytize to the atheist. After the atheist kindly rejects the proselytizer's sermons, the proselytizer gets upset and begins to mock the atheist for his/her lack of belief.

This scenario seems more realistic, as it happens often to many atheists. It would also act as a balance to the "Praying Family" episode you did. Finally, it could raise awareness about the stigma American atheists face every day.

Please consider making this episode.