At the time, Madalyn Murray received much support and realized that an Atheist organization was necessary. The aims and purposes of the organization can be found at our Web site . As we get settled in our new offices in Cranford, N.J., we plan to open one of the largest free-thought libraries in the nation. This will make thousands of volumes available for research. Between him and Attorney General John Ashcroft, we have two men who collectively have little regard for diversity or equality, and are completely ignorant of the lessons learned from the past when government and religion climb into bed with one another.
Religious groups are exempt from many civil rights laws.
It is incomprehensible that the government could support civil rights while simultaneously funding groups that ignore civil rights. The government would be creating an entire economy based on bigotry. An Atheist could never become part of the charitable process under these conditions. Charity and the taking care of our citizens is a civic duty to which we are all responsible. The government would be put in the position, by virtue of Mr. Bush's illegal office on faith, of determining what and what is not a legitimate faith, much like China and Russian currently do.