According to the Pew Research Center, the US Congress will include one “humanist”, three un-affiliated and 21 members who don’t know or won’t say what their affiliation is.

It may be entirely incorrect to assume that the 21 who don’t know or won’t say are humanist, atheist, agnostic – or any other “none” term one may wish to use. But those 21 may be fairly described as secular. They seem to have chosen to keep their religion out of the conversation.

With 532 total seats, that brings the secular representation to slightly less than half a percent.

“Nearly three-in-ten Americans (28%) are religiously unaffiliated, meaning they are atheist or agnostic or say their religion is “nothing in particular.”

The “none” electorate seems to be significantly under-represented. Which just makes us wonder, if you were an American Humanist, Agnostic, Atheist or “none”…would you be able to find your representative?

Citations, References And Other Reading

1. Featured Photo Courtesy of : https://www.house.gov/
2. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/01/02/faith-on-the-hill-2025/

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