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University of Minnesota study cited as index of Obama’s outreach to atheists

By Chris Steller | 03.24.09 | 7:09 am

President Obama “regularly puts nonbelievers on the same footing as religious Americans,” the Wall Street Journal notes today, recalling especially his inaugural-address shout-out: “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.” The article,…

Obama’s nod to ‘nonbelievers’

By Andy Birkey | 01.21.09 | 12:18 pm

For the first time in history, people who don’t believe in a god or gods got a mention by a president in an inaugural address. The mention of one word has atheists, agnostics, humanists and free thinkers feeling welcome…

Injunction to stop prayer at Obama inauguration fails

By Andy Birkey | 01.16.09 | 10:31 am

Separation of church and state advocates lost their injunction to stop prayer and references to God at the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. The Minnesota Atheists were among several groups that brought the injunction as part of a…