While ironically considered more evangelical than his father, George W. Bush had kinder words than his dad for non-religious Americans. In 1987 a journalist described a conversation in which George H.W. Bush thought that non-religious Americans shouldn’t be considered patriotic or even citizens. In 2004, George W. Bush said “I will be your president regardless of your faith… And if they choose not to worship, they’re just as patriotic as your neighbor.”