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Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) [1] was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state.In 1963, she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her son Jon Garth Murray succeeded her.
Vincent Kartheiser as William J. "Billy Boy" Murray, Madalyn's elder son Andy Walken as Young William "Billy Boy" Murray; Sally Kirkland as Lena Christina, Madalyn's mother; Adam Scott as Jack Ferguson, the reporter who first looks into the kidnapping; Juno Temple as Robin Murray O'Hair, Madalyn's devoted granddaughter and Bill's estranged daughter
American Atheists was founded in 1963 by Madalyn Murray O'Hair as the Society of Separationists, after the legal cases Abington School District v. Schempp and Murray v. Curlett (1959) were filed.
Jon Garth Murray [a] was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1954, the son of Madalyn Murray O'Hair and Michael Fiorillo, her boyfriend at the time. It is likely that Jon Garth never met his father. It is likely that Jon Garth never met his father.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair; Oklahoma City bombing; P. Murder of Elyse Pahler; 1995 Palo Verde, Arizona, derailment; Murder of Yolanda Panek; Christa Pike;
William J. Murray III (born May 25, 1946) is an American Baptist minister, and social conservative lobbyist. Murray serves as the chairman of the Religious Freedom Coalition, a non-profit organization in Washington, D.C. that lobbies Congress on issues related to aiding Christians in Islamic and Communist countries.
Gary Paul Karr was found guilty of extortion and other charges relating to the O'Hair cases and was sentenced to life in prison. David Rolland Waters was found guilty of kidnapping, robbery, and first degree murder, and was sentenced to 80 years in prison; he died in prison on January 27, 2003. March 1, 2010 () 10: 10 "Rosemary's Secret"
After the abduction and murder of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, her son Jon Garth Murray, and granddaughter Robin Eileen Murray-O'Hair in 1995, he became editor of both American Atheist magazine and Director of American Atheist Press. [3] In 2009, he retired as editor of the magazine but continued as Director of American Atheist Press.