Religious freedom and Humanism lost a courageous champion with the death of Vashti McCollum.Religious freedom and Humanism humanism, philosophical and literary movement in which man and his capabilities are the central concern. The term was originally restricted to a point of view prevalent among thinkers in the Renaissance. lost a courageous champion with the death of Vashti McCollum Vashti Cromwell McCollum (November 6 1912–August 20 2006) was the plaintiff in a landmark 1948 Supreme Court case that struck down religious education in the public schools. on August 20, 2006. The former president of the American Humanist Association The American Humanist Association (AHA) is an educational organization in the United States that advances Humanism. It is the original Humanist organization, and embraces secular, religious, and other manifestations of Humanist philosophy. was ninety-three. Her commitment to church-state separation often incurred social hostility and even lost her employment, but her successful challenge to oust oust tr.v. oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts 1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" Virginia S. Eifert. religion from public schools--the landmark 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case McCollum v. Board of Education--has served as the foundation for numerous other church-state rulings by both the High and lower courts. Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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