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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Ticket That Exploded | 6/1/1970 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: No Tax on Religion | 5/18/1970 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 11, 1970 | 5/11/1970 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Now It's Neurotics Anonymous | 3/2/1970 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Bishop Madalyn | 2/9/1970 | See Source »

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