No Street Sign for Murray O'Hair

The Omaha, Nebraska city council voted down a proposal to erect a commemorative street sign for Madlyn Murray O'Hair, the founder of American Atheists and plaintiff in the 1960s Supreme Court case the removed sectarian prayers from schools.

Irony of the day: Councilman Garry Gernandt said he was contacted by 200 constituents who opposed the sign, "They said we should keep religious and state issues separate," he said.

Murray O'Hair, who was not from Omaha, was murdered in 1995.

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