“When men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe even more than they believe the very foundations of their own conduct that the …
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McCollum v. Board of Education Decision (Anniversary)
“Separation means separation, not something less. Jefferson’s metaphor in describing the relation between Church and State speaks of a ‘wall of separation,’ not a fine line easily overstepped. The public …
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International Women’s Day
After women gained suffrage in Russia in 1917, March 8 became a national holiday there. The first official U.S. observance was in New York City on Feb. 28, 1909. The …
Alan Hale
“Oh, I have plenty of biases, all right. I’m quite biased toward depending upon what my senses and my intellect tell me about the world around me, and I’m quite …
Luther Burbank
“The idea that a good God would send people to a burning hell is utterly damnable to me. I don’t want to have anything to do with such a God.” …
Maurice Ravel
“What you write to me about the benefits of religion, we have spoken of it with Pierrette Haour, an atheist like me.” …
Jo Kotula
“It does appear that each of our thousands of denominations believes that its principles, its tenets, should have official recognition put forth by our secular government, imprinted on our currency, …
Lucy Parsons
“We have heard enough about a paradise behind the moon. We want something now. We are tired of hearing about the golden streets of the hereafter. What we want is …
John Stossel
“I want to [believe]. I see the peace and purpose it gives most of you who believe, and I tried. I just can’t.” …