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Atheists Demand Equal Time at New D.C. Mayor's Prayer Service
By David Gibson - Politics DailyHere's a brain-teaser for the day: The capital's leading lobby of atheists and humanists is complaining because they have been excluded from an ecumenical prayer service on Sunday morning that will launch inaugural festivities ahead of Mayor-elect Vincent Gray's swearing-in. "We would prefer that a government function such as an inauguration not be entwined with religion," said Amanda Knief, government relations manager for the Secular Coalition for America (SCA). "However, we find it overtly discriminatory when we request to be part of an ecumenical prayer service that is supposed to unite ...
Non-Believers Losing Faith in Obama: More God Talk Than Bush -- and Same Old Faith-Based Policies
By David Gibson - Politics DailyThe Secular Coalition for America moved into spanking new K Street offices this week and the swagger – and implicit political heft – that such an address confers on the lone Washington lobby representing America's proudly godless couldn't come at a better time. Back on Election Day, Barack Obama was a favorite of the religiously unaffiliated, winning an overwhelming 75 percent of a bloc that is growing fast – from nine percent of the electorate in 2000 to 12 percent in 2008 – and one that figures to be crucial to Obama's chances in 2012, especially as his ...
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