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Why Did They Have To Pick The Jewish Atheist?

Non-believers raising voice in capital
From USA TODAY
Mon Sep 19, 8:32 AM ET

Americans who don't believe in God have decided it's time they had a lobbyist in the nation's capital. Their new advocate describes herself as a "soft, fuzzy atheist." Lori Lipman Brown starts Monday as executive director of the Secular Coalition for America. Her two goals: keep religion out of government and win respect for a stigmatized minority.

Christian conservatives wield enormous clout here through a network of advocacy groups and relationships with politicians from President Bush on down. Is she scared? "Nah," says Brown, 47, an atheist with a Jewish background. "It feels good to be the first."