Getting back to Pete Stark, he has received more support and approval than he expected. From the San Fransisco Gate:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/BAG7SONBNL1.DTL

However:
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/03/cwas_religion_t.html

"Concerned Women for America Director of Legislative Relations Mike Mears told Cybercast News Service.
"The founding fathers ... founded this country on godly principles," Mears said. "Fifty-one of the 56 signers [of the Declaration of Independence] had a Christian worldview and [Stark] wants to change that and celebrate - basically - godlessness."

"I think a Christian worldview is proper for a politician to have," he said. "I want them to be looking outside of themselves for answers to big issues."


...and assorted quotes from the Traditional Values Coalition: Sample: "It is time for religious members of Congress to push back. A simple declaration of a belief in God by members of Congress on the House floor will be greatly informative for the American people."

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/2007/03/tvcs_religious.html