“Your petitioners are Atheists and they define their lifestyle as follows. An Atheists loves himself and his fellow man instead of a god. An Atheist thinks that heaven is something for which we should work for now - here on earth- for all men together to enjoy.”

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

MURRAY v. CURLETT, Petition for Relief, 1959

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Atheist activist 1919–1995

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