Eddie Tabash
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Eddie Tabash is an American atheist lawyer and civil liberties advocate known for his public debates defending secularism and challenging theism.
All labels observed (1)
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| Eddie Tabash canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8332846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eddie Tabash Context triple: [William Lane Craig, hasDebated, Eddie Tabash]
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A.
Eddie Gottlieb
Eddie Gottlieb was a pioneering basketball coach, executive, and Hall of Famer who helped shape the early years of professional basketball in the United States.
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B.
Jack Rabinovitch
Jack Rabinovitch was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for creating one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, the Giller Prize.
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C.
Artie Kornfeld
Artie Kornfeld is an American music producer, songwriter, and music executive best known as a co-creator and principal organizer of the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
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D.
Sam Spewack
Sam Spewack was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with his wife Bella Spewack on Broadway musicals such as "Kiss Me, Kate."
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E.
Frank Palko
Frank Palko was the criminal defendant at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Palko v. Connecticut, which shaped the doctrine of selective incorporation of Bill of Rights protections to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Eddie Tabash Target entity description: Eddie Tabash is an American atheist lawyer and civil liberties advocate known for his public debates defending secularism and challenging theism.
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A.
Eddie Gottlieb
Eddie Gottlieb was a pioneering basketball coach, executive, and Hall of Famer who helped shape the early years of professional basketball in the United States.
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B.
Jack Rabinovitch
Jack Rabinovitch was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for creating one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, the Giller Prize.
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C.
Artie Kornfeld
Artie Kornfeld is an American music producer, songwriter, and music executive best known as a co-creator and principal organizer of the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
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D.
Sam Spewack
Sam Spewack was an American playwright and screenwriter best known for his collaborations with his wife Bella Spewack on Broadway musicals such as "Kiss Me, Kate."
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E.
Frank Palko
Frank Palko was the criminal defendant at the center of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Palko v. Connecticut, which shaped the doctrine of selective incorporation of Bill of Rights protections to the states.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atheist
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civil liberties advocate ⓘ human ⓘ secular activist ⓘ |
| advocatesFor |
civil rights
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constitutional separation of church and state ⓘ freedom from religion ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ |
| basedIn |
California
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linked to:
California, United States
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| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
church–state separation
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civil liberties ⓘ constitutional law ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasDebated |
William Lane Craig
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other prominent theistic debaters ⓘ |
| hasParticipatedIn |
public debates with Christian apologists
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public debates with Muslim apologists ⓘ public debates with theistic philosophers ⓘ |
| ideology | secular humanism ⓘ |
| knownAs | Eddie Tabash ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| legalSpecialty | constitutional law and civil liberties ⓘ |
| movement |
secularism
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separation of church and state ⓘ |
| notableFor |
arguing that secular ethics can ground morality without God
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arguing that theism is not supported by evidence ⓘ challenging theism ⓘ defending secularism ⓘ public debates on atheism and theism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
lectures on secularism and civil liberties
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public debates on the existence of God ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil liberties advocate
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lawyer ⓘ public speaker ⓘ |
| opposes |
government endorsement of religion
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religious privilege in law ⓘ |
| politicalActivity | has run for public office in California ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
chair of the board of directors of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Los Angeles chapter)
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chair of the board of directors of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) Los Angeles ⓘ |
| religiousView | atheism ⓘ |
| supports |
equal rights for believers and nonbelievers
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secular government ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: Eddie Tabash Description of subject: Eddie Tabash is an American atheist lawyer and civil liberties advocate known for his public debates defending secularism and challenging theism.
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