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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4287747, member: 57463"]To respond on the matter of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, as much as I agree that prayer in tax-funded public schools is contrary to our traditions separating church and state, I have to say that from what I have read, she was, indeed, a damaged person. The best that could be said is that she was complicated, as many brilliant people are.</p><p><br /></p><p>William Bierly give a fair appraisal. For one thing, when America entered World War II, she volunteered for the WACs, attended OCS, and worked in cryptography. There seems to be no doubt about her intelligence, though some doubt about her actual military service. She did serve in Italy in cryptography. However, she told her family that she was on Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's staff and that has not been corrobated. (Bierly is not alone in saying that she "attended" OCS without saying what rank she held in the Army. The Penn State U. site below credits her with the rank of lieutenant.)</p><p><br /></p><p>See Pennsylvania Center for the Book here:</p><p><a href="https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/O%27Hair__Madalyn_Murray" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/O%27Hair__Madalyn_Murray" rel="nofollow">https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/O'Hair__Madalyn_Murray</a></p><p><br /></p><p>But also this Texas Monthly article from January 1989.</p><p><a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/god-help-her/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/god-help-her/" rel="nofollow">https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/god-help-her/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>For all of that, though, from what I have read, she was mean. She was not a nice person. You would not want her for a neighbor or an in-law. I would not call her "evil" though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 4287747, member: 57463"]To respond on the matter of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, as much as I agree that prayer in tax-funded public schools is contrary to our traditions separating church and state, I have to say that from what I have read, she was, indeed, a damaged person. The best that could be said is that she was complicated, as many brilliant people are. William Bierly give a fair appraisal. For one thing, when America entered World War II, she volunteered for the WACs, attended OCS, and worked in cryptography. There seems to be no doubt about her intelligence, though some doubt about her actual military service. She did serve in Italy in cryptography. However, she told her family that she was on Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's staff and that has not been corrobated. (Bierly is not alone in saying that she "attended" OCS without saying what rank she held in the Army. The Penn State U. site below credits her with the rank of lieutenant.) See Pennsylvania Center for the Book here: [URL='https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/O%27Hair__Madalyn_Murray']https://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/O'Hair__Madalyn_Murray[/URL] But also this Texas Monthly article from January 1989. [URL]https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/god-help-her/[/URL] For all of that, though, from what I have read, she was mean. She was not a nice person. You would not want her for a neighbor or an in-law. I would not call her "evil" though.[/QUOTE]
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