Are there any avowed atheists/agnostics in US politics?

[stopbush]

Just asking.

It seems like every politician in America feels the need to trollop out their belief in the old invisible sky being. Are there any who are known to be non-believers? They don't necessarily need to get on a soapbox about it.

Names?

[Pillowbiter]

1. Well, here is a list of celebrity atheists

http://www.celebatheists.com/

Some of them are politicians, though not American...

I guess every country has to go through it's fundamentalist period on it's road to maturity.

PB

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

2. HA!

The problem is most atheists/agnostics are too busy "destroying the moral fabric of America" to run for political office. Or at least that's what the fascist Bible-belters and Christian Coalition would say.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Sadly, the fascist Bible-belters and Christian Coalition

aren't required to kill the election chances of atheists/agnostics.

Any time there's a poll on the subject, the great majority of voters say they would never vote for someone who doesn't believe in God.

[Gadave]

6. I know I am...

My Destroying Moral Fiber calender is full well into 2009. I don't even take appointments anymore.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

4. The one possibility that I know of

is Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer. When Congressional bios are given, he always states "no religious preference." That doesn't mean he's an atheist, but he's definitely secular.

Since Oregon has the lowest rate of religious affiliation in the country, this is apparently not a problem with his constituents.

This hasn't necessarily made Oregon an enlightened place, though. When religious people go bad, they turn to Bush Republicanism. When atheists go bad, they turn to libertarianism. Unfortunately, an awful lot of people in Oregon, both religious and secular, have been "turning bad" lately.

[revcarol]

5. Probably Bernie Sanders...do you know fer sure?

I just LOVE the man. Such a mensch.

[pyro1392]

7. Isn't he Jewish?

[NewJerseyDem]

8. 3 democratic congressman list no religious affiliation

John Tierney of Massachusetts, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii say they have no religious affiliation. This certainly doesn't mean their atheists or even agnostics but I guess they aren't part of any organized religion.

[ButterflyBlood]

10. also Mark Udall from Colorado

he's a former Mormon but now says he "practices no religion"

[NewJerseyDem]

11. And Earl Blumanauer of Oregon

I just saw that in the Almanac of American Politics.

[JohnKleeb]

12. you have that too eh, great book

[LimpingLib]

14. John Oliver too i think.

Mass first district.

[brads]

9. Jesse Ventura

Former MN Governor Jesse Ventura took alot of flak when he said on TV that "religion is a crutch for the weak-minded." I think that probably means he is athiest or agnostic but I'm not 100% sure (he could just be against organized religion)...

[AmericanErrorist]

13. He originally said it in

Playboy.