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| Amicus Brief to California Supreme Court in Same Sex Marriage Case |
| Description: The brief I filed with the California Supreme Court to argue that banning same sex marriage violates the separation of church and state because confining marriage to only heterosexuals is, ultimately, a religious concept. |
| Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Contraceptive Mandate Case |
| Description: Formal argument to the Supreme Court that religious employers should not be permitted to deny their employees access to insurance coverage for contraception. |
| Amicus Brief to Supreme Court in Pledge Case |
| Description: The brief I filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to argue that "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional |
| Amicus to Supreme Court on Texas Ten Commandments Case |
| Description: The Brief I filed with the U.S. Supreme Court to argue that the State of Texas must take down its 6 foot Ten Commandments Monument situated in the middle of the State Capitol grounds in Austin |
| Atheists Must Not Self-Censor |
| Description: In the December 2013/January 2014 issue of Free Inquiry, I present a case for why nonbelievers must be more vigorous in bringing our arguments to the attention of the general public. |
| Restrictive Speech Codes on State Run College and University Campuses: Left Wing Inspired Censorship Threatens First Amendment Rights |
| Description: In the Summer 1991 issue of the Beverly Hills Bar Association Journal, I argue that restrictive speech codes on state run college and university campuses violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. |
| Stop Jailing Women for 'Their Own Good' |
| Description: In this op ed piece, published in the Los Angeles Times in August of 1993, I argue that adult consensual prostitution should no longer be a punishable crime. |
| The Day The Future Died: What If President Kennedy Had Lived? |
| Description: On the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, I speculate how he might have diluted or at least delayed the political divisiveness the United States has come to experience. |
| The First Amendment Provides Full Protection to Innocence of Muslims |
| Description: In the December 2012/January 2013 issue of Free Inquiry, I point out how the First Amendment clauses dealing with free speech and religion unquestionably provide protection for the controversial Internet-posted film, Innocence of Muslims. |
| The True Meaning of "Separation of Church and State." |
| Description: The history and attitudes of the Framers of the original Constitution and of the Bill of Rights reveal an intent to require government neutrality in matters of religion. |
| We Grieve for His Silenced Voice: We Rejoice in His Memory, Honoring Christopher Hitchens |
| Description: In this article, in the April/May 2012 issue of Free Inquiry, I eulogize the incredibly brilliant and eloquent atheist, Christopher Hitchens. |
