Ep. 62 - Linda Stephens, Co-Plaintiff in Town of Greece v. Galloway

Friendly Atheist Podcast

Religion & Spirituality, News Commentary, Politics, News

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Linda Stephens was one of the two plaintiffs in Town of Greece v. Galloway, the 2014 Supreme Court case that legalized religious invocations at government meetings (with a few caveats). She worked as a librarian for two decades, served as president of the Greater Rochester Chapter of the National Organization for Women, and was vice president of a local chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. We spoke about the worst moment of the oral arguments, how she followed SCOTUSblog.com to get updates on her own lawsuit, and why losing the case has ironically worked out in atheists' favor, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.8	friendly atheist podcast.com. I am here with Linda Stevens and
1:18.0	Linda was one of the plaintiffs in the Greece versus Galloway case that was at the Supreme Court not too long ago.
1:24.8	So we'll talk about what that case was all about very soon.
1:28.0	But Linda, why don't you introduce yourself?
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1:35.0	I am a retired librarian who has lived in Greece, New York since 1970.
1:44.6	And after my retirement, I got into some social activism
1:51.8	things that I'd always been interested in all my life really.
1:56.0	Were you an activist when you were a librarian?
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