ROBIN MURRAY-O'HAIR SPOKESPERSON, AMERICAN ATHEISTS A graduate of the University o

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ROBIN MURRAY-O'HAIR
SPOKESPERSON, AMERICAN ATHEISTS

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     A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a second
generation Atheist, Miss Murray-O'Hair is best-known for her
stewardship of the American Atheist Press, of which she is
editor-in-chief. Under her guidance, American Atheist Press
published such titles as _The X-Rated Bible_ (an expose of the
unwholesomeness of the Christian holy book) and _Unzipped: The
Popes Bare All_ (a revealing look at the sex and violence in the
history of the Vatican).

     Robin Murray-O'Hair also has the honor to serve as the
president of the Charles E. Stevens American Atheist Library and
Archives, Inc., which is the largest collection of Atheist
literature in the West, if not in the world. The Library houses
over 50,000 books, booklets, pamphlets, magazines, and newspapers
which span over three hundred years of Atheist and freethought
publication. Located in Austin, Texas, the Library has proved to
be a valuable asset to researchers and to the Atheist community.

     Miss Murray-O'Hair is the producer of the "American Atheist
Forum," a weekly television series available in 130 cable markets
in the United States.

     Thirty years old, Miss Murray-O'Hair is the daughter of the
United States' best-known Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair, the
woman who took the issue of prayer in the public schools all the
way to the Supreme Court in 1963, thus starting a controversy
which has lasted over two decades.

     Miss Murray-O'Hair has been a litigant in the several
attempts to secure the civil rights of Atheists and to protect
separation of state and church, including:

     _Murray v. Travis County_ (1987), an attempt to have
church-owned real estate taxed.

     _Murray v. City of Austin_ (1987), an attempt to remove a
cross from the city seal of Austin, Texas.

     _Murray-O'Hair v. Herman_ (1988), a challenge to the Texas
requirement that all jurors take oaths "So help me God."

     In December 1987, Robin Murray-O'Hair was imprisoned in
Travis County, Texas, jail for refusing to take a religious jury
oath. The presiding judge gave her the sentence of three days or
_until she took the oath._ She was eventually released on bond.
As a result of her jailing, she received the "Atheist of the
Year" award for 1987.

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