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and the constitutions of the several states, no special privileges or advantages shall be conceded to Christianity or any other religion; that our entire political system shall be conducted and administered on a purely
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The American Secular Union published over a dozen pamphlets on topics regarding separation of church and state between 1886 and 1928.
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and the inculcation of the strictest uprightness of conduct, religious teaching and the use of the Bible for religious purposes in
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basis; and that whatever changes are necessary to this end shall be consistently, unflinchingly, and promptly made.
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that all public appropriations for educational and charitable institutions of a sectarian character shall cease;
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in the courts and in other departments of government shall be abolished, and simple
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The American Secular Union and Freethought Federation dedicated themselves to the
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suffered crippling factionalism and radicalization over the period 1878 to 1885,
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reorganized in a non-political "American Secular Union" in 1884. Colonel
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was elected Secretary of the Philadelphia chapter of the Union in 1889.
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that churches and other ecclesiastical property shall be no longer
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changes occurred. The organization withered around 1919.
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How to Be Secular: A Call to Arms for Religious Freedom
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Separation of church and state in the United States
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Index

secularism
freethought
United States
National Liberal League
liberals
Robert Green Ingersoll
Ida Craddock
separation of church and state
exempt from taxation
chaplains
United States Congress
state legislaturess
United States Army
United States Navy
prisons
asylums
municipal governments
morals
public schools
President of the United States
governors
festivals
prayer
thanksgiving
oath
affirmation
perjury
laws directly or indirectly enforcing
dogmaated
natural morality

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