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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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Politics,
Government & Politics
Beliefs:
Freethought (Atheist, Humanist, Agnostic)
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american atheists, american humanist association, atheists, cecil bothwell, edwina rogers, enlighten the vote, reason rally, secular coalition of america
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(RNS) The "nones'' made their presence felt in this election, with some 70 percent of the religiously unaffiliated voting for President Obama, according to exit polls. What do the political parties have to do to reach and keep these voters? By Kimberly Winston.
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