| Ed Buckner
is Southern Director of the Council for Secular Humanism. He has
served as Assistant Professor of Urban Studies, College of Public
and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University; Assistant Professor
of Labor Studies, College of General Studies, Georgia State University;
a researcher for a public school system; and a writer, technical
editor, photographer, information officer, and speech writer for
the Georgia Department of Education, at NASA, and in the US Army.
During 1983-1986 Dr. Buckner was a speaker in the Georgia State
University Speakers Bureau. He is experienced in debating theists
and creationists.
Dr.
Buckner holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership (Georgia State
University, 1983), his dissertation titled Professional and Political
Socialization: High School Science Teacher Attitudes on Curriculum
Decisions, in the Context of the "Scientific Creationism"
Campaign. He holds a M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction (Georgia
State University, 1975), and a BA in English (Rice University,
Houston, Texas, 1967).
Quotations
"Religious
people are not entitled to special rights, even if they are elected
leaders or in the majority; they are not allowed to force everyone
to support their religion."
"The Chief
Justice's ... main point seemed to be that the references to God
in the Pledge of Allegiance aren't really religious and therefore
are not that important -- something I would think would offend
Christians who think it should stay because it is religious and
does matter. Too many Christians appear to be desperate to shore
up their failing confidence in their own religious beliefs by
having the government officially endorse those beliefs."
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