We Wont Back Down

Published: Oct. 5, 2017, 4:51 p.m.

We mourn the death of freethinking singer/songwriter Tom Petty (\u201cmusic is my religion\u201d) by playing \u201cI Won\u2019t Back Down,\u201d appropriate for a week of state/church victories. Staff attorney Patrick Elliott\xa0tells us about last week\u2019s federal decision declaring a Christian cross on the Lehigh County (PA) seal unconstitutional. Attorneys Sam Grover\xa0and Andrew Seidel\xa0compare the First Amendment with the Second Amendment as they are both being inappropriately \u201cexpanded\u201d into absolute rights. Then we talk with David Williamson, president of FFRF\u2019s chapter, the Central Florida Freethought Community, about our victory (in which he was lead plaintiff) declaring unconstitutional the exclusion of atheists from Brevard County council invocations.