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Sally Morrow | May 9, 2012

A recent day-long lobbying push on Capitol Hill was intended to show that atheists and nonbelievers "are a political movement that needs to be recognized,'' an official said.
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Sally Morrow | May 9, 2012

A recent day-long lobbying push on Capitol Hill was intended to show that atheists and nonbelievers "are a political movement that needs to be recognized,'' an official said.
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Nonbelievers flex their political muscles

Kimberly Winston | May 9, 2012

WASHINGTON (RNS) One of the biggest growth areas in political activism around religion is coming from an unlikely source: the nonreligious. And it's happening far from the marbled corridors of power in the nation's capital. Kimberly Winston tells why.
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Secularists turn to GOP lobbyist to help push their cause

Kimberly Winston | May 3, 2012

(RNS) The Secular Coalition for America's new leader is a Republican lobbyist who has worked for two Republican presidents and four Republican senators. Here's why she got the job. By Kimberly Winston.
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Sidebar: Pastor’s loss of faith started with loss of hell

Kimberly Winston | Apr 30, 2012

(RNS) Jerry DeWitt’s transition from true believer to total skeptic took 25 years. It began, he said, with the idea of hell. How could it be, as he had been taught and preached, that a loving God would damn most people to eternal fire? By Kimberly Winston.
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For clergy, lost faith can lead to lost family, jobs

Kimberly Winston | Apr 30, 2012

BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) The goal of the Clergy Project is not to pull pastors from the pulpit, but to provide those who have already lost their faith with a safe place to anonymously discuss what what’s next. By Kimberly Winston.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 27, 2012

Teresa MacBain of Tallahassee, Fla. was a Methodist pastor for 10 years, in March of 2012 she spoke at the American Atheist convention and announced she no longer believed in God. MacBain left her position as senior pastor at Lake Jackson United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, a post she held for 3.5 years, prior to speaking at the conference. Photograph taken in Tallahassee, FLa. on April 19, 2012.
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Sally Morrow | Apr 27, 2012

Teresa MacBain of Tallahassee, Fla. was a Methodist pastor for 10 years, in March of 2012 she spoke at the American Atheist convention and announced she no longer believed in God. MacBain left her position as senior pastor at Lake Jackson United Methodist Church in Tallahassee, a post she held for 3.5 years, prior to speaking at the conference. Photograph taken in Tallahassee, FLa. on April 19, 2012.
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Secularists counter National Day of Prayer with National Day of Reason

Kimberly Winston | Apr 27, 2012

As millions of Americans bow their heads for the annual National Day of Prayer, atheists, humanists and other nontheists will mark the National Day of Reason _ part protest, part celebration and purely godless. By Kimberly Winston.    
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Religious belief highest in developing and Catholic countries

Annalisa Musarra | Apr 18, 2012

(RNS) Belief in God is slowly declining in most countries, but those who most believe can be found in developing countries and Catholic societies, according to a new survey. By Annalisa Musarra.
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