Stark Out of the Closet

Rep. Pete Stark came out of the closet last week and is now the highest ranking US political official that has publicly declared his atheism. There is a great article in the Chronicle about this. I really hope that this is a first step for many politicians who so often claim to be the brightest in the land, yet base their votes on questionable teachings from 2,000 years ago. Hopefully, as more speak up, religion can become less of a factor in areas such as abortion, stem cell research, and marriage.
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Mar 23, 2007
John said...
Old Congressman Pete Stark…of 35 years plus in Congress is not only an atheist, but he is just an 'old fart' so to speak who wants to piss off the world. He rants and raves at his constituents and is not a nice guy…he's not a "poster child" that any organization would want to represent them…atheists or otherwise. Check out where he denigrated a constituent who just returned from an overseas deployment to Kosovo…the soldier wrote his congressman (Pete Stark) and got this angry insulting voicemail back. (See the link to the Fox News video below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeGqNVXjZE

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