In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.
Madalyn Murray O'HairIf this taxation exemptions for Church were rescinded, our property taxes would be substantially lowered, and those who rent houses and apartments would consequently be able to pass along this savings in the form of lowered rents. It could have a profoundly salubrious effect on the entire economy.
Madalyn Murray O'HairI feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.
Madalyn Murray O'HairLegality can't create love if it isn't there, or preserve it if it's dying, but it can destroy love by making it compulsory.
Madalyn Murray O'HairThe relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that.
Madalyn Murray O'HairI went into the Army, and one day, in the middle of a bull session, somebody called me an atheist. Believe it or not, it was the first time I'd ever heard the word. It goes to show you how a person can grow up in America and have a college education and still not know a goddamned thing.
Madalyn Murray O'Hair