Today a White House official is conducting an unprecedented meeting with leaders from a group of non-religious activists to discuss their views on a host of church-state issues. Houston Chronicle blogger Kate Shellnutt has more:
The Secular Coalition for America, a lobby group including atheists, humanists, nontheists and others, will meet with the Obama administration to discuss religious discrimination in government faith-based initiatives, military proselytizing and faith-healing.
It's the first time in history such a group has been invited to talk policy with presidential officials. Obama was also the first president to mention nonbelievers in an inaugural address.