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    What's God Got to Do with It?: Robert Ingersoll

    Tim Page talked about he book he edited What’s God Got to Do with It?: Robert Ingersoll on Free Thought, Honest Talk and the Separation of Church and State, published by Steerforth Press. The book is a collection of letters, newspaper interviews, and other works by 19th-century self-proclaimed agnostic Robert Ingersoll. Mr. Page described Roger Ingersoll as a freethinker who supported the separation of church and state as well as the rights of both women and blacks. Mr. Page further explained that Mr. Ingersoll’s arguments on “freethought” centered on the fact that he believed the Founding Fathers agreed that religion should be kept outside government. Following his reading of some of his subject’s works, Mr. Page responded to questions and comments from members of the audience.

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    Writings of H.L. Mencken

    Guests examined the life and career of journalist H. L. Mencken. He became a reporter for the Baltimore Morning Herald and later joined the Baltimore Sun. He eventually became one of the most influential voices in American literature and was often critical of what he perceived as American weaknesses. He often railed against pretension, provincialism, prudery, organized religion, and the Middle Class. By the 1930s his opinions became increasingly conservative and sometimes reactionary. In The American Language, which was revised several times, he chronicled American expressions and idioms.
    The program was telecast from Union Square in Baltimore, the site of his family home.

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    Godless Americans Rally

    Atheists and humanists gathered on the National Mall to rally for the rights and opinions of non-religious Americans. The organizers titled the event “The Godless Americans March on Washington.”

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    Civil Rights for Atheists - The New Decade

    Madalyn O’Hair, the founder of American Atheists, reviewed the major issues in history and on the current agenda of the American Atheists at their annual convention.

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    Representative Jared Huffman on the Congressional Freethought Caucus

    Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) talked about the newly formed Congressional Freethought Caucus.

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