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Madalyn Murray Ohair — Part 2

40 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: Jan 2, 1964 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Madalyn Murray Ohair · 40 pages OCR'd
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a wo teat Se ar ne E eae a FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63} a : Mr. Ten son o Mr. Belmont... | Mr. Mohr... Mr. Casper... Str. Callahan uu. Mr. Conrad... Mi Uelcach 2. Mr. Eyan ay if steno neee Mr ee. os Tele. Room Miss Helios (Mount Clipping in Space Below) ‘AJon Garth. Murray, 4 Tourth grader at Northwood Elementary school, have been required to par- \ticipate in the pledge to the flag, which includes the reference to Miss Gandy... ‘Drop Deity From Allegiance Pledge, Mrs. Murray Asks ~ 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) ; ~ | tion be considered at the April (Continued, Page B 6, eid _ “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. Allegiance Cited “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, ministration and neighborhood) Edition: FINAL persons. We will not accede to} this again,” she added. Author: Ruling last year on a4 suit Editor: O ; | | . brought by Mrs. Murray, the Su- Title: BERE¢ MADALYN MURRA (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) board meeting. A spokesman pal SSS ee B22 eS the board said it has beer_buton} Bee THE EVENING SUN’ ___ THE SUNDAY eny __THS BALTIUOR: hewS POST “RE. SUNDAY awhRit 4h \ preme Court held that prayer in f the opening exercises in Baltimore | f > public schools was unconstitu- i oe eV tiorat——> * ~ Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: BALTIMORE C) Being Investigated Bh | wea 2 # SO cores ok ” . ie ae - g Te hy at. a . . “ “fw ee ee - , ~ we.
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