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Americans United for Separation of Church and State (view source)
Revision as of 01:57, June 16, 2015
, 01:57, June 16, 2015Founding Members
The leader of Americans United is [[Barry Lynn]], who is an ordained minister in the liberal [[United Church of Christ]]. The United Church of Christ invited [[Barack Obama]] to speak at one of its functions and was not criticized by Lynn despite his outrage at more conservative churches for similar political activities.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56418 Activist's church mixes politics, religion]</ref>
The leader of Americans United is [[Barry Lynn]], who is an ordained minister in the liberal [[United Church of Christ]]. The United Church of Christ invited [[Barack Obama]] to speak at one of its functions and was not criticized by Lynn despite his outrage at more conservative churches for similar political activities.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56418 Activist's church mixes politics, religion]</ref>
==History==
Originally founded as '''Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State''' (POAU) in 1947, the original founding members were [[Charles Clayton Morrison]], [[Glenn L. Archer]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findingaids.princeton.edu/names/151868621|title=Biography: Americans United for Separation of Church and State|work=Princeton}}</ref> [[Edwin McNeill Poteat]], [[Garfield Bromley Oxnam |G. Bromley Oxnam]], and [[Joseph Martin Dawson]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBJKAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=archer+founders+morrison+poteat+oxnam+dawson|title=Embattled Wall: Americans United, an Idea and a Man|date=1966|publisher=Protestants and Other Americans United for Separation of Church and State|page=27}}</ref>
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