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Mon Apr-11-05 08:57 PM
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17. Did you know Butterfly McQueen was an atheist? |
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Edited on Mon Apr-11-05 08:57 PM by onager
Butterfly McQueen, a Life Member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and a member since 1981, died tragically of injuries suffered in a kerosene-heater accident at her Augusta, Georgia home on Dec. 22, 1995...
She told Gayle White, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal and Constitution (Oct. 8, 1989): "As my ancestors are free from slavery, I am free from the slavery of religion..."
"If we had put the energy on earth and on people that we put on mythology and on Jesus Christ, we wouldn't have any hunger or homelessness."
In 1975, at the age of 64, Ms. McQueen received a bachelor's degree in political science from New York City College.
An off-stage role she enjoyed was that of Santa Claus at children's hospitals. She reported that children were delighted with a black female Santa with a high voice...http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/ebtomcat.htm
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