1960's Religion | "Atheism"

Speech

By: Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Date: August 25, 1962

Source: O'Hair, Madalyn Murray. Address given at the Eighth Annual Convention of the American Rationalist Federation, August 25, 1962. Published as "Atheism" in The American Rationalist 17, no. 3 (September/October 1962). Available online at http://www.americanatheist.org/win99-00/T2/atheism.html (accessed February 5, 2003).

About the Author: Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919–1995) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After she served as an officer in World War II, her belief in God diminished and she became an atheist. In a case heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, she contended that prayers in public school were unconstitutional. In 1963, the Court ruled in her favor. A controversial person because of her atheism, she founded two organizations: American...