Madalyn Murray O'Hair
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Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919 – 1995) was an American activist, founder of American Atheists, and the organization's president from 1963 to 1986.
O'Hair filed a lawsuit with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in regard to the Apollo 8 Genesis reading. The case was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court for lack of jurisdiction. The effects of the suit were varied: although NASA asked Buzz Aldrin to refrain from quoting the Bible in the Apollo 11 mission, he was allowed to conduct the first Communion service in space.
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