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...church function and moved in with her and her three children. In this third family circle, Mitchell's behavior grew increasingly bizarre. He spoke often of visitations by angels and cornered his stepchildren with impromptu sermons. Last week in a series of television interviews, Barzee's daughter Louree Gaylor alleged that Mitchell was "always hugging me the wrong way." Once Gaylor moved out, the couple claimed to have received a divine direction to sell off all their belongings. At one point, Mitchell and Barzee were both excommunicated by the Mormon church, possibly for promoting polygamy, which is outlawed. "I watched...
...miraculous cure for blindness, it's clear that there is an enormous mass of ignorance here. Should we be truly surprised that the Heaven's Gate leaders hoodwinked their followers? The leap from biblical beliefs to the absurdities of this particular cult is a small one. ANNE NICOL GAYLOR, President Freedom From Religion Foundation Madison, Wisconsin...
...belligerence to the political sphere. "The Murray-O'Hairs," says a movement observer, "were factories of rancor." Almost from its inception, American Atheists spawned splinter groups, usually led by people Madalyn had wooed, employed and finally alienated, often viciously and profanely. "She went through people like popcorn," says Anne Gaylor, who in 1978 became head of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wisconsin. "People realized, 'We can do this on our own,'" says Kerns. Madalyn, without irony, told offenders they had been "excommunicated...
...combination of many enemies, a flamboyant life-style and a nonprofit tax exemption inevitably resulted in charges of impropriety similar to ones she launched against religious institutions. "Madalyn was sort of the Jimmy Swaggart of the movement," says Gaylor's daughter Annie Laurie Gaylor, who is editor of Freethought Today. "I'm not implying criminal activity, but they were always bragging about silk suits and Cadillacs. At the same time the roof was always leaking--and 'Please send money.'" Madalyn, critics claim, like many charismatic movement leaders, had utterly lost the ability to distinguish between herself and her cause...
Anne Nicol Gaylor, Administrator...