]> http://www.secularstudents.org/taxonomy/term/18/0 en http://www.secularstudents.org/node/1863 <p align="justify"><img width="150" vspace="6" hspace="6" height="233" border="0" align="left" src="http://www.secularstudents.org/files/mattlaclair.jpg" alt="Matt LaClair" title="Matt LaClair" /><em>Matthew LaClair is a senior at Kearny High School in Kearny, NJ.&nbsp; His work to keep religion out of his school was covered in the <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/search/query?query=matthew+laclair&amp;d=&amp;o=&amp;v=&amp;c=&amp;n=10&amp;dp=0&amp;daterange=full&amp;sort=oldest">New York Times</a> and the <a href="http://www.villagevoice.com/">Village Voice</a>, among others.&nbsp; His work has earned him several awards, including the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award.</em> <em>Here, he tells his story to the SSA.&nbsp; This is the second part; you can read the first part <a href="/node/1773">here</a>.</em> <br /> </p> Blog Conferences Dangerous Ideas 2 Members News 12-December-2007