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Madalyn Murray Ohair — Part 2
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‘Drop Deity From Allegiance
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Mrs. Madalyn Murray, whol the agenda for the meeting at 4
brought the court suit which re-| P.M. Thursday. ,
sulted in public school prayer| Mrs. Murray's letter added that
being ruled unconstitutional,|“\we will proceed with whatsoever
called upon the school board today|legal action is necessary to stop
to drop the words “under God"| the practice.”
from the daily pledge of allegiance! irs, Murray’s letter noted that
in Batter schools ar 4 of Ed her sons, William J. Murray 3d, a
er to the UI senior at Polytechnic Institute, and],
_ | cation, she asked. that the ques-| 04 oP) ;
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_ “Offensive To Liberty” °
“We find this to be offensive to
our individual liberties and to our
freedorn of conscience, since we
re atheists,” she wrote the board.
board.
“ye also believe that it is an
unconstitutional practice which
violates the principle of separa-.
tion of church and state guaran-:
teed by the First Amendment to
the Constitution of the United}
States. ; |
“This is not a Christian natiort)’"!
her letter continued. “In fatt,
70,000,000 persons in Amerfa
neither attend church nor belang
to any chureh.”
Mrs. Murray said that she wants
her sons to participate in the
pledge of allegiance, but not with |
the reference to God.
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“T do not care to have my chil-
dren excused from the allegiance, ;
since the allegiance itself is un-} ——— ORE, Mb.
constitutional,” she wrote. ;
Jan excuse ‘from Baltimore
public schools’ opening services
is a signal for abusive treatment
by fellow students, teachers, ad-| Date: L/6/64,
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persons. We will not accede to}
this again,” she added. Author:
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. brought by Mrs. Murray, the Su- Title: BERE¢ MADALYN MURRA
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newspaper, city and state.)
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