Secular Café: A 'None' in the House

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A 'None' in the House Jan 9th 2013, 03:57 Quote: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, was sworn in a few days ago without a Bible, and she is the first member of Congress to openly describe her religious affiliation as "none." Although 10 other members don't specify a religious affiliation — up from six members in the previous Congress — Sinema is the only to officially declare "none." This has gotten Sinema a fair amount of attention from the media. Many identified her as an atheist during her congressional campaign, and after she won, sources touted her as a nontheist. Even this past weekend, Politico declared in a headline: "Non-believers on rise in Congress." But there's a slight issue: Sinema doesn't actually appears to be a nonbeliever. In response to news stories identifying her as an atheist, her campaign released this statement shortly after her victory: "(Rep. Sinema) believes the terms non-theist, atheist or non-believer are not befitting of her life's work or personal character." Full story- 'Atheist' isn't a dirty word The author of that story, Chris Stedman, has a problem with the way Rep. Sinema phrased that, and I agree that it could have been put in better words; but I don't know if she actually meant any denigration of atheists. I expect we may hear more about this.

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