Arizona Atheist Lawmaker Stands Up To Christian Bully

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24. Thank you Rep. Salmon for your courage.

While attending parochial grade school, I witnessed the "christian" hysteria when "under God" was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. The priests and nuns celebrated this addition, but I stumbled over the words wondering why they were added. The whys kept multiplying through catholic college but it took another five years, marriage to a Protestant and disagreement over birth control to divorce myself from Catholicism. Took another 50 years to leave organized religion -- I liked to sing in the choir. The ah-ha moment came to me when I just couldn't sing my way through another passion of Christ.

Now at age 81, I find myself a contented humanist. Point being that when one is indoctrinated from an early age by family and society, it takes a lot of struggled thinking to arrive at the truth. It is also very lonely having ones family and friends shake their heads at my disbelief.

I applaud and celebrate anyone who has the courage to stand up for truth.