Four House Democrats have established a Freethought Caucus dedicated to those of no religious affiliation. The Freethought Caucus aims to represent agnostics, atheists and humanists and to promote science and reason in government.
The caucus was founded by Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), and Dan Kildee (D-MI).
According to a statement put out by the newly formed Freethought Caucus, it has four main goals:
- To promote public policy formed on the basis of reason, science and moral values
What is their basis of moral values? By what standard do they determine if something is moral or amoral?
- To protect the secular character of the government by adhering to the strict constitutional principle of the separation of church and state
Where is that strict constitutional principle found in the constitution? Oh, you found that in a letter from Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists, and that letter has constitutional authority? Brilliant.