Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Abingdon v. Schempp with Ellery Schempp

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Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 June 2013

⏱️ 43 minutes

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We file another lawsuit in federal court this week, challenging censorship of freethought literature in Orange County, Florida high schools. FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel gives us the details. Then we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic 1963 Abington v. Schempp decision by the U.S. Supreme Court by talking with Ellery Schempp, who was the high-schooler in 1956 who took his complaint to the highest court.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:17.4	Irreverent Views, news, music, and interviews.
0:21.1	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:27.6	It's easy if you try.
0:34.6	No hell below us Above us
0:41.3	Above us only sky
0:43.3	Imagine all the people
0:49.3	living for today
0:56.0	Hello, hellbound infidels.
1:00.8	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and welcome to Free Thought Radio.
1:04.3	And I'm your friendly neighborhood atheist, Dan Barker.
1:09.3	This is June the 15th, 2013.
1:12.7	Free Thought Radio is produced at, and we broadcast from the Mike 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:20.3	Free Thought Radio streams from the station, and we broadcast around the country in such states as Missouri, New York, California, Michigan, and, of course, we podcast everywhere.
1:32.6	Free That Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, and we have two purposes.
1:39.3	We represent the views of those of us who are personally free from religion, and we work to keep the U.S.
1:45.4	government free from religion, which is what is required under our secular and godless constitution.
1:51.4	Today, with that in mind, we're going to talk about a 50-year-old victorious lawsuit and a three-day-old
2:00.6	lawsuit, which is just started, which is in progress, both involving
2:05.1	religion in the public schools.
2:07.0	This upcoming Monday, June 17th, is the 50th anniversary of the historic Abington Town School District
2:15.1	versus Shemp Supreme Court decision barring Bible reading and devotions in public schools.
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