Video by James Hampton

U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman represents California’s 2nd District and says he knows he’s not alone in being nonreligious: “There are a lot of fakers in the United States Congress. … People duck the question. There are a ton more nonbelievers; I’m not the only one.” Huffman is the co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, which promotes public policy formed on the basis of reason, evidence, science and strong moral values, protects the secular character of our government, opposes government discrimination against freethinkers and champions the value of freedom of thought and conscience worldwide. “The more I began learning about humanism, which was kind of described as good without God, I came to feel that’s exactly how I believe in following science and facts and leading a moral life where we look out for each other and try to do the right thing,” Huffman tells “Freethought Matters” co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Not because we want an afterlife or believe that some divine ent