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.

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[pfranzosa.livejournal.com]

Hooray! ...from an Agnostic in Arlington. In that "interconnected world" theme: I wonder if Representative Stark is a member of the First Unitarian Church of Oakland where the minister is Reverend Kathy Huff whose previous position was the Assistant Minister at First Parish Arlington!