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Madalyn Murray O'Hair was
tied os ren
wearing her familiar flower-
print sack dress.
She looks just like she did
in 1963 when litigation she
jnitiated wound up as a Su-
preme Court decigion- banning
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position, among other things.|.¢ up fo $6 million on its hold- { Holmes
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“Show me a chirch that has]. ; ;
come out against the war in|™8s and operations.
Vietnam, or that has begun aj The case was rejected by
really significant project ferjthe Maryland Court of Ap-
social good—the kind we need/peals, that State's highest tri-,
right now.. j
i , a Bibl ayy . bunal.
fore sory prayer an ible TH show you that there} "”,,
eading in public schools. aren't any,” she adds. You know what one of
“Madalyn Murray O’Hair isl But she also says she is not™ ee
on a new crusade. She’s out/against the good work that those—judges cited in his
to make organized churches|churches “could do if they opinion on the case?™ she asks.
in the United States pay taxes}tried.” ~ “Ho Gt was Judge Reuben
on their corporate operations.|.
She says that tax evasion is:
‘. being practiced every day “by
“If the Baptist Church. sn :
oat Oppenheimer) says, m effect,
vant { oO vot-
every organized chufch in thelget them all registered in six lowed to cary an institu.
country.” ° smionths,” she says. : free because d to th ood of
Mrs. O'Hair (she recently{ Her goal is to secure “the 40" dedicate a ne cate ra
margieg an American expatri-“basie human freedoms that ™M,and Jt helps tp Unee
ate pdititer, Richard O’Hair)ishould be guaranteed to any Hon” ee
has. spent the past severaljhuman being—freedom from ~~ —
years collecting data that shelreligion as well as freedom of
says Will help prove her point.jreligion,” she states.
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ae include her statements} But the public, Mrs. O’Hair United Press Intervational
at.a major bank is ownedisays, often disagrees—usually ; ; mar OYE ATR:
| by a religious sect, that a raii-|because of her previous fight MADALYN QUAL
road is owned by a church, jagainst compulsory prayer in zy on new
and that office buildings and! schools. Noe.
4 land arc owned by churchesR She does, in fact, sav: “I; 7 iff
who never have to pay taxesfrould like for all religion to -_ “
on them. Hoe compulsory study in fA- f
She feels ‘that the publictschools, for children from the \ The Washington Pest and 227
f should not be forced to sup-f5th to the 12th grades.” Times Herald
¢port, in effect, a particwar } She recommend studying the
church just because the publicf“histery, literature and the
wants to buy a particular|psychopathology of religion,”
product—like a train ride orjto the end that “any kid will
‘office space. reject it outof-hand by age
The argument makes sense} 12.” :
ito many people, she says, but} Whether her views will gain
The Washington Daily ews
The Evening Star .
New York Herald Tribune
Now York Journal-American
New York Daily News
{he real obstacle is the U-S./mass acceptance during her Now York Past
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| Constitution’s First Amend-jlifetime is ‘questionabie,” she The Hew York Times
* ment, which reads in part: says. But she adds that she is - .
“CGoneress shall make nol“nevertheless dedicated to The Raltimore Sun
law respecting an establish. | them," and will fight to the The Worker
ment. of religion or prohibitrend.
the free exercise thereof.” The end—or the beginning—
“Ts selling steel for a profittmay be in June, when she will
The Mew Leader Uo.
The Wall Street lourial
and not paying taxcs ‘the free[know whether the Supreme The ational Giserver __—-—
exereise of religion'?" shepCourt has accepted her appeal People's. World
asks, of a Maryland court. case Date
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charckes-Keep quiet on major jChurch.
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