Guest: Plaintiff Linda Stephens
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2012
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Government prayer, religious symbols on city seals, freethought billboards in Spokane, atheist Boy Scouts turning in their badges: it is a busy summer for state/church activism. This week we hear the testimony of a brave 12-year-old girl protesting prayer in her Tennessee county; we play a little-known Cole Porter song, "Experiment," about the value of science; and then talk with Linda Stephens, one of the plaintiffs in the victorious 2nd-Circuit Appeals Court decision outlawing governmental prayer in the Town of Greece, New York.
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| 2:12.8 | Today we're going to talk with Linda Stevens. |
| 2:16.0 | She's a plaintiff in the successful federal |
| 2:19.3 | lawsuit in which an appeals court declared sectarian prayers illegal. It's in the town |
| 2:26.7 | of Greece, New York. Linda Stevens is a foundation member. She also heads her local |
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