Agnostic Recalled from Office over Pledge Issue

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🗓️ 5 August 2006

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

An interview with a public official recalled from office last year in Estes Park, Colo., simply for failure to recite the religious pledge of allegiance. David Habecker, who received an award at last year's FFRF convention, updates his case, in which FFRF is co-plaintiff, in a memorable interview. Tomorrow's program also features "Theocracy Alert" -- tune in for news and commentary on some disturbing developments in Congress last week. Music includes the timely "With God on Our Side." Providing artistic relief for a bad-news week: two atheist poets are featured in Freethinkers Almanac; Rupert Brooks' whimsical poem, "Heaven" (from a fish's perspective) is read. (MP3, 47 min, 21.4 MB)

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1:26.4	Some music will be playing Dylan's song with God on our side.
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1:38.4	a little bit of history about some famous atheist poets, and some news.
1:43.2	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:46.8	I'm the other co-president of the Freedom from Religion Foundation. And if you are a religious listener, a Christian or a Jew or some other
1:52.5	believer, you shouldn't find it so strange to be listening to or talking with an atheist. You
1:57.9	probably know dozens of them in your life and we're really not that
2:01.0	much different. In fact, we're the same in many ways. There are hundreds or thousands of
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