Rep. Jared Huffman, (D California)the Only "Out" Freethinker in Congress

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1. You can also be religious and still think the government should be separate from religion.

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2. current members of the free thought caucus

Huffman and raskin are co chairs. all members are , of course, democrats.

California
Jared Huffman (CA-2, San Rafael) – co-chair
Zoe Lofgren (CA-19, San Jose)
Jerry McNerney (CA-9, Stockton)
Georgia
Hank Johnson (GA-4, Decatur)
Maryland
Jamie Raskin (MD-8, Takoma Park) – co-chair
Michigan
Dan Kildee (MI-5, Flint Township)

Tennessee
Steve Cohen (TN-9, Memphis)
Washington
Pramila Jayapal (WA-7, Seattle)
Washington, D.C.
Eleanor Holmes Norton (Delegate, Washington, D.C.)
Wisconsin
Mark Pocan (WI-2, Madison)

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3. Had no idea so many were THAT brave!

Many more, of course, know better; they're just being cautious politically and in most cases it's hard to blame them.The important thing is to get elected Democrat and stay elected because their votes on anything of a religious nature that might come up in Congress will no doubt be the same as those who are out.

But just like with being gay and out about it, the more who are brave enough to be honest about their lack of belief in the supernatural just make it that much easier for others to follow.