Wow bobad that is very interesting, organized atheists with a chaplain no less asking to be included like any other group in the service.

I thought that Militant atheism may be like a religion, but in Boston it seems that even the non-militant ones have a structure similar to a church.

I am all for including atheists in such services. As long as the homilies (or the humanist equivalent if you don't like the analogy) and eulogies do not include Dawkinisms or similar confrontational statements.