We got a Congressman!

A fellow freethinker came into my office yesterday and punched the air, saying "We got a congressman!"

Yes, we do. Of course, some folks are going batshit about it, as a sign of the Apocalypse or something... I like the Christian Seniors idiotic "It is sad but not surprising that the current Congress has produced this historic first—one of its members has denied God," (they go on to say some truly rephrensible things, accusing liberals of wanting to throttle schoolchildren, for instance, despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of liberals in Congress are Christians) but I think they're really afraid that those "historic firsts" often lead to seconds, and thirds, and...

A couple of other points - Pete Stark has been in Congress since 1973 - there's nothing specifically "this congress" about him.

And, as a commenter over at Pharyngula pointed out

The 110th Congress already had 1 Muslim, 2 Buddhists, and 30 Jews; add in an atheist, and the Christians are down to only 94% of the total membership!

Well. Put it that way and it's not so exacting - but still...

We got a Congressman! Woot woot!