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won $1000 from the Secular Coalition for America
'''Pete Stark''' is a [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[representative]] from [[California]]. He is also noted for being Congress' first admitted [[atheist]]. <ref>[http://www.secular.org/news/pete_stark_070312.html Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism]</ref>
'''Pete Stark''' is a [[liberal]] [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[representative]] from [[California]]. He is also noted for being Congress' first admitted [[atheist]]. <ref>[http://www.secular.org/news/pete_stark_070312.html Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) is first Congress member in history to acknowledge his nontheism]</ref> He received a $1000 prize from the Secular Coalition for America for the highest level atheist currently holding elected public office in the United States. <ref>[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/03/14/MNG7BOKV111.DTL Stark's atheist views break political taboo] SFGate, March 14, 2007</ref> He proclaims to be "a [[Unitarian]] who does not believe in a Supreme Being."
He has come under scrutiny recently for making a disparaging comment about President [[George W. Bush]], saying that he was sending troops into [[Iraq]] to have their heads blown off for his amusement. Stark has since apologized for his comments.
He has come under scrutiny recently for making a disparaging comment about President [[George W. Bush]], saying that he was sending troops into [[Iraq]] to have their heads blown off for his amusement. Stark has since apologized for his comments.