Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA-13) - First Openly Nontheist Member of Congress

by: cali_girl_in_texas

Mon Mar 12, 2007 at 20:04:05 PM PDT

"Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.), a member of Congress since 1973, acknowledged his nontheism in response to an inquiry by the Secular Coalition for America (www.secular.org ). Rep. Stark is a senior member of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and is Chair of the Health Subcommittee."

http://secular.org/n...

Hopefully, this will set a precedent for others to join Stark (and me since I am atheist too) in becoming open about their secular beliefs. Usually making an announcement like this is considered political suicide, so it will be interesting to see how Stark will fare in the future now that he "came out".

Blog Roundup Feb 2, 2007

by: jsw

Fri Feb 02, 2007 at 09:12:24 AM PST

Teasers: Phil Angelides, Fabian Núñez, Jerry McNerney, Paid-For Pombo, Gary Miller, Pete Stark, Dennis Cardoza, transportation, fisheries, water, more sock-puppetry, 8th AD, and more.