Religious right wing slams White House meeting with atheist 'hate groups'

Attachment 273Last week officials from the Justice and Health and Human services department held a meeting with the Secular Coalition for America (click here for original story). It was the first time in American history that an administration had held a policy briefing with a 'nontheist' group. Despite the fact that President Obama was not at the meeting, and no policy changes are scheduled to be announced, the religious right wing has labeled the meeting as being part of an anti-religious agenda held by the current administration.

"It is one thing for Administration to meet with groups of varying viewpoints, but it is quite another for a senior official to sit down with activists representing some of the most hate-filled, anti-religious groups in the nation," said Council Nedd, chairman of the religious advocacy group In God We Trust.

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League responded with, "People of faith, especially Christians, have good reason to wonder exactly where their interests lie with the Obama administration, [...] Now we have the definitive answer. In an unprecedented move, leaders of a presidential administration are hosting some of the biggest anti-religious zealots in the nation."

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