| Show I 1 U L I 1 to arre the alio toledo index tho the organ of pree free lias has the following clarion AMZEl liberals of Americal the hour for action haq hai arrived arri ved I 1 1 I he muse of freedom calls upon us to coal combine ino our strength string th our zeal ical out our efforts forta cf are the the demands manda ilc of liberal iam 1111 1 we demand that churches church ca and other ecclesiastical property shall do longer bo be exempt from just taxation 0 2 we demand that tho the employment of chaplains in congress the state leafu legislatures la tures in the ho navy nary and militia an in prisons asylums and other oilier institutions su supported by public money shall bo be 3 we demand that all public a ampro pro iona for sectarian educational adi charitable charit ablo institutions shall cease I 1 we demand that all al religious eer TIL now sustained ly by e abolished e and especially that the use of the bible inobe in the public schools whether ostensibly as a textbook text book or avowedly as a book of religious worship bip shall be prohibited 5 wo we demand that the appointment by the president of the united Sta state tet or by the governors of the various states of all religious festivals bud and fasts shall wholly cease 6 we demand that the judicial oath in the courts and jn in all other do departments art of the government shat shall bo be abolished and that simple affirmation under t the he pains and penalties of perjury ury shall bo be established la in its stead 7 wo we demand that all laws aej directly or indirectly enforcing the observance of sunday as the sabbath shall ahall bo be repealed 8 we demand that all laws looting looking to tho the enforcement of christian morality shall be abrogated and that all laws shall be conformed to the requirements of natural morality equal rights and im impartial artial liberty 9 we vc demand that not only in the t he constitutions of the United states and ortho of tho several states but also in the practical administration of the sanae same no privilege or advantage shall al be conceded to christianity or any other special re rc ligion that our entire political system shall bo be founded and administered on a purely secular basis and that whatever changes shall prove necessary to t this his end shall be cons consistently otly unflinchingly and promptly made which demanda dc mandi of radicalism I 1 ere era thus met and encouraged ly by the N Y independent the organ of essential christianity in an article entitled |
