Atheists Talk--Michael Newdow

On Dec. 30, 2008, Michael Newdow filed suit in U.S. District Court to stop prayers and religious invocations at Barack Obama's Jan. 20, 2009 presidential inauguration.

Newdow's lawsuit, titled "Newdow v. Roberts," included group plaintiffs such as the American Humanist Association, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Atheist Alliance International, and Minnesota Atheists. The lawsuit also featured individual plaintiffs, such as Michael Newdow, Dan Barker, Annie Laurie Gaylor, and Minnesota Atheists president August Berkshire.

Michael Newdow will be our guest for the entire hour to discuss his latest attempt to uphold the wall of separation between state and church.

We welcome questions during the program at (952) 946-6205 or radio@MinnesotaAtheists.org.

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• D.C. Examiner: "Atheist will attempt to boot God from inauguration" http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/123008-Atheist_will_attempt_to_boot_God_from_inauguration.html
• Washington Post: "Atheists to Challenge Prayer at Inauguration" http://voices.washingtonpost.com/inauguration-watch/2008/12/atheists_to_challenge_prayer_a.html
• CNN: "Lawsuit seeks to take 'so help me God' out of inaugural" http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/31/inauguration.lawsuit/index.html
• The Minnesota Independent: "Minnesotans join suit to stop religious events at inauguration" http://minnesotaindependent.com/21571/minnesotans-join-suit-to-stop-religious-events-at-inauguration
• "Newdow v. Roberts" Lawsuit (pdf download) http://mnatheists.org/images/stories/Newdow_v_Roberts_Lawsuit.pdf
• "Newdow v. Roberts" Appendix A (pdf download) http://mnatheists.org/images/stories/Newdow_v_Roberts_Appendix_A.pdf
• "Newdow v. Roberts" Appendix B (pdf download) http://mnatheists.org/images/stories/Newdow_v_Roberts_Appendix_B.pdf
• "Newdow v. Roberts" Appendix C (pdf download) http://mnatheists.org/images/stories/Newdow_v_Roberts_Appendix_C.pdf
• "Newdow v. Roberts" Appendix D (pdf download) http://mnatheists.org/images/stories/Newdow_v_Roberts_Appendix_D.pdf