“Any good that I can do, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.” …
Day: April 8, 1980
Craig Mazin
“I believe very strongly in the separation of church and state not only because it’s important to protect people who are of religious minorities, but because religion doesn’t do a …
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
“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 …
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 …
More » from McCollum v. Board of Education Decision (Anniversary)
Ed Buckner
“The stigma attached to being an atheist based on atheists being hopelessly immoral, outrageously in rebellion against a loving God, and in league with Satan (possibly as foolish dupes rather …
Amy Alkon
“Doubt gets a bad rap. Doubting doesn’t mean you’ve stopped believing, but that you’ve started thinking. Sheep doubt nothing. Chances are you’ll get further in life by questioning things than …
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 …
Cecily Strong
“Dogs are the best: This is my religion.” …
William Jackson Harper
“I was raised C.O.G.I.C., which is Church of God in Christ, a very conservative, very strict denomination of Christianity in the black community. I think all my neuroses come from …
