Stark’s atheist views break political taboo

April 1, 2007 on 1:45 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

Rep. Pete Stark of Fremont might have crossed what some are calling “one of the last frontiers” in politics when he delighted atheists this week by acknowledging that he does not believe in a supreme being.

Just a generation ago, says Democratic political strategist Dan Newman, “you couldn’t go anywhere near” such a statement, which “would have been political suicide.”

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