The secular blogosphere is lit up like a (strictly ornamental) Christmas tree over yesterday’s news that the Secular Coalition of America has appointed a former Republican lobbyist, Edwina Rogers, as its new executive director.

What says Berlinerblau? Berlinerblau is cautiously optimistic and says what he has been saying for at least seven years. Secularism’s engagement with the Democratic Party has devolved into an abusive relationship.

Asleep-at-the-wheel secular leaders, clinging to the sepia-tinged memories of knightly JFK and principled card-carrying separationist studs like Michael Dukakis, never fully understood that for more and more Democrats the affair was over.

The non-believing wing of American secularism (which is presently and regrettably estranged from the larger, less overheated, believing majority) has been slow to recognize this. As I noted in my 2008…

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