Atheist Democracy (Italian: Democrazia Atea, DA) is a political party in Italy.
[3] The party requires all candidates for public office to give proof of debaptism (sbattezzo in Italian).
[4] In Italy, many newborn receive baptism; debaptism is a formal procedure to declare oneself no longer part of the Catholic Church.
Widely renowned astrophysicist and scientific communicator Margherita Hack was a member of Atheist Democracy; in 2013 she also ran unsuccessfully for the Italian parliament with the party.
coalition, also inserting the abolition of Lateran Treaty in the shared political program;[1] this affiliation was interrupted in May 2021.