ACTION ALERT

Thank Rep. Pete Stark for his brave and historic self-identification as a nontheist

Mar. 12, 2007 - With your support, we made history today. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) openly self-identifies with the nontheist community. He is the first member of Congress to be on record as not holding a god-belief. For more information see our press release.

We can only guess what the reaction to this announcement will be from certain communities. It is very important that you, other nontheists and our theist allies, contact Rep. Stark to thank him for his brave and historic decision. You can e-mail his office at http://www.house.gov/stark/contact/. Please share this alert with others so that Rep. Stark receives as many positive responses as possible.

Below you will find a sample letter. Please feel free to adapt it to your voice and provide additional information of importance to you:

Dear Rep. Stark:

Thank you for having the courage to be the first member of Congress to be on record as not having a god-belief. With over 30 years of exemplary public service, your record demonstrates that a god-belief is not a prerequisite for effective and honest representation in government.

Members of our community have been silent for too long. The only way to dispel the distrust and misperceptions about our community is for more nontheists in the public arena to become visible and vocal about their beliefs. I hope your pioneering leadership will encourage other nontheist elected officials and other public figures to speak up.

Thank you again for your courage and leadership.

Sincerely,
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