I was a World War II baby, growing up in Tennessee, the "Buckle of the Bible Belt". Ironically, although most people were presumably very religious, segregation of the races was accepted as proper and just. My father was a member of an extreme evangelical Protestant sect. He was far more bigoted than most, not only hating blacks but Jewish people and Catholics as well. Like most young boys, my father was my role model. In my youth, I accepted his prejudices without question and accepted his view of the world. It was not until after college, while "seeing the world" serving three years as a U.S. Naval Officer, that I become to realize how distorted my father's views were. I also came to realize the destructiveness of being consumed with hate and ignorance. I desire a tolerant secular world with due respect for the brotherhood of all mankind. Robert L. Hamlett was born on June 13, 1943 in the "buckle of the Bible belt". After attending local schools, he enrolled at the University of...

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