Netflix drama conveniently forgets communist ties of famed atheist
There was a time when Madalyn Murray O’Hair, founder of American Atheists, was “The Most Hated Woman in America,” as the title of a new movie about her life and death declares.
Netflix released its biographical film about the outspoken atheist on Friday to mixed reviews, but there is one major problem – the movie is full of errors, omissions and distortions, according to O’Hair’s only surviving son, William J. Murray.
The movie depicts Murray’s grandfather leading the family in prayer at the dinner table and reading a Bible. But the grandfather Murray knew was a man who once ran a roadhouse selling whiskey and women during Prohibition, not the pious patriarch on the movie screen.
“There was never a Bible in the home at any time, and while I believe my grandfather may have believed in God, I never saw him attend church to the day he died,” he recalled....