Bad Faith Awards 2010: Vote for this year's leading enemy of reason

As we enter the closing stages of 2010, the time has come for you to help us choose the winner of this year's New Humanist Bad Faith Award – 'tis the season for voting for the enemies of reason.

After a nomination period that saw you put forward those you feel have made the most egregious contributions to irrationalism and superstition during the course of this year, we've whittled them down to a shortlist of eight. Now all that's left for you to do is vote for the person you think should take the Bad Faith crown from last year's winner, Pope Benedict XVI. Here's the poll, and  to help you decide, below it is full list of names (in alphabetical order), each complete with a prize quote and a word from our in-house rationalist bookmakers.

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