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Nonbelievers! Amen!
Los Angeles
I was overjoyed to see Victor Navasky, in "Seeking Obama's Center" [Feb. 9], referring to President Obama's identification of "nonbelievers" as one of the valid categories of Americans (along with Christians, Muslims, Jews and Hindus) in his inaugural address. As startling as this assertion was, I have noted it referred to only once since the inauguration, and that was an offhand remark on TV. This is the first time of which I am aware that anyone in any US administration has extended American citizenship to include "nonbelievers." This is at least as important as giving the vote to women or electing an African-American as president.
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