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...argument that New York City should become a separate state composed of totally autonomous neighborhoods. If a neighborhood voted for compulsory church attendance on Sunday, so be it. If the majority in another area wanted compulsory free love, that was all right too. What would happen to a celibate atheist who lived in either area is never made clear. Presumably he would have to abandon his convictions or start his own neighborhood...
...Supreme Court has consistently rebuffed attempts to raise the issue including an appeal brought by Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair in 1966. But last week the court finally spoke. And by a resounding vote of 7 to 1, it upheld tax exemption for churches...
...axiom holds that there are no atheists in foxholes, and according to Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, chairman-designate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the same is true of headquarters and even the Pentagon. Defending the service academies' compulsory chapel attendance requirement before a U.S. district court, Moorer testified: "I don't think you will find a total atheist who has reached the peak of leadership in the armed forces...
...Neurotics Anonymous members are expected to refer their problems to a greater power, preferably but not necessarily God. To an avowed atheist, one of Grover's lieutenants proposed in all seriousness that an ordinary spoon could serve as a divine surrogate. Grover himself has even suggested that nonbelievers acknowledge the law of gravity as a higher power...
...converts, the founder counts on 30,000 U.S. families who have contributed to the atheist cause over the past ten years. Among the donors, she claims, are "a Governor, six mayors, a famous Texas heart surgeon and several U.S. Senators and numerous Congressmen." Whether the atheist church will impress the courts is another matter...