With an affectionate but alcoholic father, a vain and distant mother, a husband who turned out to be unfaithful and a mother-in-law so domineering that she controlled her son’s finances …
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Although I am nearly a year late, please let me now take the time to publicly apologize to Ms. Kathleen Parker, whose guest editorial in the September 30, 2001, USA …
Stevens Dissent “The Court’s Decision Is Profoundly Misguided” Justice Stevens, dissentingIs a law that authorizes the use of public funds to pay for the indoctrination of thousands of grammar school …
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MICHAEL A. NEWDOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. US CONGRESS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States; STATE OF …
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In the now-famous lawsuit brought by Sacramento physician Michael A. Newdow, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a 2-1 decision on June 26 declaring the words “under God” …
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s newest lawsuit is against the City of La Crosse, Wisconsin, over the placement of a Ten Commandments tombstone marker in a downtown city park. “The …
Ireland on March 6 of this year once again held a referendum to amend the constitution on the matter of abortion. The amendment submitted to the electorate would have further …
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by Tom Reed Delivered at the 24th annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation on Sept. 22, 2001, in Madison, Wis. It’s probably been almost 35 years since …
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The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, revised edition, introduced and abridged by Philip Appleman (W.W. Norton & Co., 2002, 134pp.), is another Appleman gem dealing with evolution. Here, in …
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