Author: EllenBeth Wachs
EllenBeth Wachs is a retired attorney, the president of Humanists of Florida Association, and the acting president of Atheists of Florida, Inc. Her personal philosophy can be summarized as “Treat cats like gods.”
The Making of an Angry Atheist Advocate
“I’m sorry, Your Honor, but I haven’t been sworn in yet.” As I stood in the courtroom in Bartow, Polk County, Florida, in August of 2011, the judge looked at me in utter confusion. His clerk had administered the typical religious oath to the mass of defendants awaiting their turn at the bench. My attorney …