Godlessness in the Capitol

[dougo]

US Representative Pete Stark says he is "a Unitarian who does not believe in a Supreme Being", making him the first elected official at the national level to come out of that particular closet. The Secular Coalition for America has been on a campaign to get elected officials to publicly identify themselves as "atheist, agnostic, humanist or any other kind of nontheist", but so far only three others have: "Terry S. Doran, president of the School Board in Berkeley, Calif.; Nancy Glista on the School Committee in Franklin, Maine; and Michael Cerone, a Town Meeting Member from Arlington, Mass." (Go Arlington!)

Edit: I forgot to say, Stark represents California's 13th district, south of Oakland.

Comments

[ahkond.livejournal.com]

How is a Town Meeting Member different from a voting resident of the town? I thought a town meeting was, well, everybody.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

It's an Arlington thing, apparently. I guess it's a representative meeting.

[pfranzosa.livejournal.com]

That's right....12 meeting members are elected from each of 21 precincts