Sunday, January 19, 2014

President Obama Includes 'Atheists and Agnostics' as Part of America's 'Cultural Fabric'

After President Obama gave a shout-out to "nonbelievers" in his first inaugural address in 2009, atheists have felt a little bit out in the cold with our president. His record on ending discrimination in hiring within faith-based initiatives has been disappointing to nonexistent. His participation in the National Prayer Breakfast events has been galling and frustrating. And in a major Supreme Court case, his decision to side with unconstitutional sectarian prayer at government functions has been enough to make a secularist throw up his or her hands in exasperated disgust.

MORE: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2014/01/16/president-obama-includes-atheists-and-agnostics-as-part-of-americas-cultural-fabric/

See also...

Presidential Proclamation On Religious Freedom Day 2014
http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2014-01-presidential-proclamation-on-religious-freedom-day-2