How secular is the Kansas congressional delegation? Not very, according to one organization.The Secular Coalition for America has released its analysis of the religious leanings of both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives.The organization – composed, according to its Web site, of atheists, humanists and freethinkers – gave nearly every Republican member of the Kansas congressional delegation a 0 percent rating when rated for secularism. Rep. Dennis Moore, the only Democrat in the bunch, got a 90 percent score.Here is the scorecard for the House members.Here is the scorecard for the Senate members members.The organization says: “The House and Senate Scorecards of the 109th Congress cover votes taken from January 2005 until August 2006. The SCA used ten key votes in both the House and Senate to make the scorecards. Votes include: allowing organizations to discriminate based on religion while using federal funds for secular programs; promoting narrow religious beliefs over secular needs in science, marriage contracts, and the military; the confirmation of judicial appointees who seek to weaken the protections provided by the Establishment Clause; and stripping federal courts of their ability to decide constitutional issues.”Other links:Sam Brownback(American Legion press release) War Vets Call on Americans to Urge Congress to Preclude Attacks on Veterans Memorials: Following markup of a bill by the House Judiciary Committee last week that would stop courts from awarding taxpayer dollars in attorney’s fees in litigation against religious symbols on veterans memorials, the leader of the nation’s largest wartime veterans organization today called on all Americans to urge their congressman and senators to pass it and a companion measure in the Senate. “With only 18 legislative days left in this Congress before the election recess, I ask every American that cherishes the religious heritage given to us by our Founding Fathers to take a minute today to call their Congressman and both Senators,” said American Legion National Commander Paul A. Morin. … HR 2679, the Public Expression of Religion Act introduced by Rep. John Hostettler and its companion piece in the Senate introduced by Sen. Sam Brownback as S. 3696, the “Veterans’ Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2006,” (PERA) would amend U.S. statutes to eliminate the chilling effect on the constitutionally protected expression of religion by state and local officials that results from the threat that potential litigants may seek damages and attorney’s fees.Jim Ryun (AP) Wisconsin primary election results: In District 7 in north central Wisconsin, Nick Reid of Rice Lake, 26, a former press secretary for U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan., won the GOP nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Dave Obey, the Democrat who first won the office in a 1969 special election. Reid captured 59 percent of the vote in defeating Jeff Tyberg of Grantsburg, a 37-year-old truck driver and teen counselor.How to contact As always, you can find information to contact members of the Kansas congressional delegation here.