Son of militant atheist asks Supreme Court to allow public prayer
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Washington D.C., May 4, 2007 / 01:18 pm (CNA).- Protestors gathered outside the US Supreme Court building this week to demand that the judicial body reinstate the right to pray in public places.  Among those present was William “Bill” Murray, son of the late Madelyn Murray O’Hare, the militant atheist who won a 1963 court battle to prohibit prayer in public schools.

Several years ago, William Murray converted to Christianity and today he leads the Coalition for Religious Freedom.  He grew up under the shadow of his mother, who won the famous court battle that removed expressions of faith from the public school system in the United States.

The Rev. Rob Schenck, who participated in the protest, said the presence of Murray was emblematic.  “Nobody knows this issue like he does.  He was used, abused and indoctrinated to think that prayer violated the Constitution.  Now he uses the genius that God gave him to return prayer to the schools and to all public life in America,” he said.

Murray became one of the most outspoken critics of the work of his mother, who was accused of manipulating her followers, robbing funds from her organization and tax fraud.  Madelyn Murray O’Hare was killed in 1995 together with her son Jon and her granddaughter Robin, William’s daughter.

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Published by: Allan Gibb
Ontario, Canada 05/06/2007 06:12 AM EST
Bill Murray converted to the Baptist religion in secret and revealed his faith to his mother Madelyn in 1980. She said his actions were unforgivable, instantly disowned him, refering to her decision as a "postnatal abortion". Since public prayer was forced from the schoolrooms, crime has increased fourfold in the US.

It is then ironic that she, her son and granddaughter were brutally murdered by an ex-con who worked for her atheist organization. Had America kept God in the public square and not given into to the insane demands of O'Hare, there would be less crime because He would be in more lives and American Atheists would have still been too small to afford hiring staff thus her murder would not have happened.
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Published by: Maria H.Pistorino
Pinecrest 05/04/2007 09:00 PM EST
Thank God, our prayers have not gone in vain.
He has heard our cry!
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Published by: Steph
MD, USA 05/04/2007 07:02 PM EST
God bless Bill Murray! A splendid example of God once again "writing straight with crooked lines," to use C.S. Lewis's famous line.
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