I think my mother was kidnapped, Robin was taken along to take care of her, and my brother was run like a wet mule in order to get the kidnap money together. Jon saw himself as the absolute worshipper and protector of his mother. I think he had his back up against the wall. Others think the three atheists activated a long-planned getaway scheme and now are living in foreign exile, sustained by funds skimmed over the years from their organizations. It was a long slide from her prominence decades ago during the legal battles over Bible reading and prayer in public schools, and the Supreme Court decisions in the early 1960s that banned them.
Religion is the most monstrous idea in the world.
It must be killed without quarter along with fascism, racism, sexism, war and slavery. It was an open secret within inner circles that the three O'Hairs, who ran the nonprofit organizations like family businesses, were considering a joint retirement, perhaps overseas. But no one was prepared for the dramatic events that unfolded in 1995 when, in late August, the O'Hairs abruptly abandoned their comfortable Austin home. In their hasty departure, they left behind their three beloved dogs, unattended, Madalyn's diabetes medication and a note telling atheist staffers the office was closed. But the three soon resurfaced in San Antonio, where they kept in intermittent phone contact with anxious atheist officials for about a month and then vanished for good.