been one to mince words. when her book "interview with a vampire" was made into a movie, she public declared her dissatisfaction with lead actor tom cruise. she later changed her mind. these days, from her home near palm springs, california, she maintains a very active facebook page. on which she recently posted something rather incendiary. you wrote on facebook, "today i out." you go on to call christians as a group quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous. >> i did say that, yes. >> why did you say that? >> i was saying, when you see the persecution of gay people by the mormon church or the catholic church, i'm not part of this. when you see the oppression of women, i'm not part of it. >> reporter: rice was raised in a strict catholic household in new orleans but became an atheist at age 18 and lived that way for most of her adult life. in fact, her vampire novels were