Comments on: Pete Stark: The Reaction http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:09:52 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: John http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-22559 John Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:27:03 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-22559 Old Congressman Pete Stark...of 35 years plus in Congress is not only an atheist, but he is just an 'old fart' so to speak who wants to piss off the world. He rants and raves at his constituents and is not a nice guy...he's not a "poster child" that any organization would want to represent them...atheists or otherwise. Check out where he denigrated a constituent who just returned from an overseas deployment to Kosovo...the soldier wrote his congressman (Pete Stark) and got this angry insulting voicemail back. (See the link to the Fox News video below). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeGqNVXjZE Old Congressman Pete Stark...of 35 years plus in Congress is not only an atheist, but he is just an 'old fart' so to speak who wants to piss off the world. He rants and raves at his constituents and is not a nice guy...he's not a "poster child" that any organization would want to represent them...atheists or otherwise. Check out where he denigrated a constituent who just returned from an overseas deployment to Kosovo...the soldier wrote his congressman (Pete Stark) and got this angry insulting voicemail back. (See the link to the Fox News video below).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djeGqNVXjZE

]]> By: valhar2000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-22006 valhar2000 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:39:23 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-22006 <i>The idea of any congressperson, much less a senior, multiple-term incumbent, being an atheist must be very unsettling to the religious right, and the prospect that attacking him might only win him more support from the public must terrify them.</i> I don't think so; it seems to me that these guys are fully aware of the awesome power they do have. You are probably right, though, in supposing that they don't think that attacking him will be more bebenficial to them than using that time and money to attack other people. The idea of any congressperson, much less a senior, multiple-term incumbent, being an atheist must be very unsettling to the religious right, and the prospect that attacking him might only win him more support from the public must terrify them.

I don't think so; it seems to me that these guys are fully aware of the awesome power they do have. You are probably right, though, in supposing that they don't think that attacking him will be more bebenficial to them than using that time and money to attack other people.

]]> By: Todd Sayre http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-21806 Todd Sayre Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:26:09 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-21806 <blockquote>Stark's stand formally separates him from the Declaration of Independence that mentions a deity in four of its passages.</blockquote> Members of Congress do not affirm (or swear) an oath to uphold the Declaration of Independence. When was the last time someone questioned the Declaration of Independenceality of a law?

Stark's stand formally separates him from the Declaration of Independence that mentions a deity in four of its passages.

Members of Congress do not affirm (or swear) an oath to uphold the Declaration of Independence. When was the last time someone questioned the Declaration of Independenceality of a law?

]]> By: The Ridger http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-21802 The Ridger Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:58:09 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-21802 A young man I work with came into my office and, with a big grin, punched the air and crowed, "We've got a congressman!" It's amazing how good this one man - this one <i>good and moral</i> man - has made so many of us feel. A young man I work with came into my office and, with a big grin, punched the air and crowed, "We've got a congressman!" It's amazing how good this one man - this one good and moral man - has made so many of us feel.

]]> By: Shishberg http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-21796 Shishberg Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:41:57 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2007/03/pete-stark-the-reaction.html#comment-21796 <blockquote>It is time for religious members of Congress to push back. A simple declaration of a belief in God by members of Congress on the House floor will be greatly informative for the American people. Members who wish to expand could use the 'special orders' portion of the House calendar to elaborate but a simple "I believe in God" will suffice.</blockquote> I'd almost like to see this happen. It might surprise them to find members other than Stark who aren't willing to do it.

It is time for religious members of Congress to push back. A simple declaration of a belief in God by members of Congress on the House floor will be greatly informative for the American people. Members who wish to expand could use the 'special orders' portion of the House calendar to elaborate but a simple "I believe in God" will suffice.

I'd almost like to see this happen. It might surprise them to find members other than Stark who aren't willing to do it.

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