San Antonio citizens voted for mayor on Saturday, the third of May. Since my precinct generally votes at St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church, I voted by mail, which seniors …
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Churches Shouldn’t Be Immune From Civil Suits By Victims by Ann Walsh Bradley (June/July 1997)
This excerpts the dissenting opinion of a May 23 ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court finding churches not liable for sexually abusive behavior by their employees, even if there is …
Catholic Majority Rules Diocese Can’t Be Liable (June/July 1997)
Should not justices who are practicing Catholics, and who reside in a diocese that is party to a lawsuit, disqualify or recuse themselves from participation in a case where their …
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Millennial Blues by Robert Gorham Davis (June/July 1997)
Athousand years is a long time. In the decimal system–which we can hardly avoid, since we have ten fingers useful to count on–the number is a good round one, consisting …
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20th Annual FFRF Convention: Distinguished Editor, Author To Speak (June/July 1997)
James Haught of the Charleston Gazette–possibly the only daily newspaper editor-in-chief in the United States who is an avowed freethinker–will address the twentieth annual convention of the Freedom From Religion …
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The Bloody Bible by Louis W. Cable (June/July 1997)
Robert G. Ingersoll, the great nineteenth century agnostic and philosopher, put it succinctly when he said, “Somebody ought to tell the truth about the Bible[1].” The Bible, characterized by some …
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Censorship and Homophobia in Alabama (Imagine That!) by Adam Butler (June/July 1997)
Ihave lived in Alabama all of my life, so although I am constantly frustrated by the multitudes of Southerners that seem to gain pleasure in making our state look backwards …
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The Rising of the Women . . . by Dan Barker (June/July 1997)
In April, Annie Laurie Gaylor and I were guests on the Richard Randell radio show in Colorado Springs, primarily to discuss her new book, Women Without Superstition: “No Gods – …
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Christian Coalition’s “Samaritan Project” Primarily Aids Religion by Annie Laurie Gaylor (May 1997)
Unlike the last Congressional term, when the Christian Coalition passed down its “ten commandments,” this rightwing Christian group has a more modest “eight-part plan of action” for the 105th Congress. …
