There’s an interesting pledge underway at pledgebank which aims to find 646 people (one for every UK constituency) who are willing to purchase and send their local Member of Parliament a copy of The God Delusion, the latest book by Oxford University Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, Richard Dawkins.

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In a society where the religious spectrum comprises atheists, agnostics, believers and fanatics, it’s the the atheists and agnostics that are often under represented in government due to a lack of union-style lobbying power that large religious organizations wield.

The pledge is therefore interesting because it may provide our elected representatives with a reason-based frame of reference against which to consider the demands of religious organizations, helping them be assessed equally on merit.

1. Will it make the necessary 625 pledges?
2. Will any MPs reject the book?
3. Will they have to declare it as a gift?

This raises many so many interesting questions!

1. A list of MP’s and their benefactors is being maintained on the web.
2. Find out more at PledgeBank: Church and State.