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The following list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. In most cases, besides specific sources, the current representatives' religious affiliations are those mentioned in regular researches by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center ...
This list reports the religious affiliation of the members of the United States Senate in the 119th United States Congress. In most cases, in addition to specific sources, the senators' religious affiliations are those mentioned by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life at the Pew Research Center , which publishes a report at the beginning ...
Participated in Indian freedom movement, preached atheism. M.A. John (1936–2011): Leader of Indian National Congress and atheist. Subhashini Ali (1947–): Marxist politician and President of the All India Democratic Women's Association. [19] Kanimozhi (1968–): Politician and poet, and daughter of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M ...
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Roy Torcaso, an atheist, had filed suit in Maryland to establish his right to become a notary public without swearing his belief in God, as demanded by the Maryland Constitution. After being rebuffed, Torcaso went to the Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously that the state's religious restriction was invalid as a violation of guaranteed ...
Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state.In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.
The number of women who will serve in Congress and governorships mostly held steady, though a slight decline in women elected to the House was the unsurprising outcome of a lackluster showing by ...
First of two Muslim women in Congress. First Muslim to succeed another Muslim. Born to a Muslim family in Somalia and immigrated as a refugee to the United States in 1995. [6] Rashida Tlaib: Democratic: MI-13: January 3, 2019: Incumbent 6 years, 37 days First of two Muslim women in Congress. Born to a Muslim family of Palestinian immigrants. [7 ...