Legislators shouldn't have a prayer! Guest: Mitch Kahle
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2011
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Guest Mitch Kahle, an FFRF member and state/church activist in Hawaii, will talk about how he persuaded the Hawaii Senate earlier this month to drop government prayer. The hosts will also be joined in studio by lawyer Sarah Braasch to talk about FFRF's new campaign to stop pervasively Christian prayers in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Don't miss the amusing audio clips of out of control government prayers. There will also be coverage of FFRF's headline-creating complaint about the posting of the Ten Commandments in public schools in Giles Co., Va.
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