sergeant justin griffith was one of the organizers. >> this is us coming out of the closet, you know, shattering that stained glass ceiling. we want to remove the stigma about atheists and whatever they think the word "atheist" means. >> as unlikely as it may seem, one token of respect they would like is an atheist chaplain. that's a tall order, considering that conservative evangelical clergy dominate the ranks of the chaplaincy. organizations like the national association of evangelicals, the nae, dispute any need for an atheist chaplain. galen carey is an nae vice president. >> evangelicals very strongly support the men and women in uniform, and they want to see that their spiritual needs are met. i don't think you would find many who could understand, frankly, the point of a chaplain for atheists. >> there are over 3,000 chaplains altogether. 90% are christian, even though only about seven out of ten soldiers claim to be christian. there are also a handful of muslim, jewish and hindu chaplains. jason torpy, an iraq veteran, wants to know why the much larger group of atheists or hu

already historically taboo these nonbelievers say the time has come to come out of the closet like justin griffith is trying to get religion out of the military with the ground zero of this cultural revolution where we're all coming out in massive numbers there's this climate of fear and shame most atheists don't even have atheist on their records they are told that they're not even isn't even an option while the secular movement is growing it's clear that religion is front and center for a large number of voters amaranth a powerful force in u.s. politics today the separation between church and state a line that many are fighting increasingly blurry and washington liz wall. r.t. . if you thought that report was interesting you are not you're not going to one of miss our next show it's coming up at five we will have an atheist and a conservative go head to head over the role of religion and politics tonight to see if i make it to the crossfire but coming up next is the capital account that's up on our next on our c let's check in with lauren lyster to see what's on today's again. lauren what can we

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already historically taboo these nonbelievers say the time has come to come out of the closet like justin griffith is trying to get religion out of the military to ground zero of this cultural revolution where we're all coming out in massive numbers there's this climate of fear and shame most atheists don't even have atheist on their records and they're told that they're not even it's not even an option a lot of the secular movement is growing it's clear that religion is front and center for a large number of voters and remains a powerful force in u.s. politics today the separation between church and state a line that many are fighting increasingly blurry and washington this wall. r.t. . to talk more about the separation of church and state and if that line is getting hazier i'm joined now by daniel ferrazzi he is the director grassroots political consulting l.l.c. and a.j. johnson development director for omarion american atheists welcome to the both of you danielle i'm going to start with you too much around too much religious talk in politics today i don't believe so we've had an integral amoun