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 | "Americans are being denied the right to express their religious speech in the public square." Ralph Reed, Christian Coalition. |
| "Public schools can neither foster religion nor preclude it. Our public schools must treat religion with fairness and respect and vigorously protect religious expression as well as the freedom of conscience of all other students. In so doing our public schools reaffirm the First Amendment and enrich the lives of their students". Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley June 1998 |
| "A Congress that allows God to be banned from our schools while our schools can teach about cults, Hitler and even devil worship is wrong, out of touch, and needs some common sense." Rep. James Traficant, (D-OH) 1999-APR-27. |
| "There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter our civil affairs, our government would soon be destroyed. Let it once enter our common schools, they would be destroyed." Supreme Court of Wisconsin, Weiss v. District Board, 1890-MAR-18. |
| "A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion." Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Engel v. Vitale, (1962) |
| "School sponsorship of a religious message is impermissible because it sends the ancillary message to members of the audience who are nonadherents that they are outsiders, not full members of the political community, and an accompanying message to adherents that they are insiders, favored members of the political community. " U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Santa Fe v. Doe, (2000). |
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Sources of additional information:
| The U.S. Department of Education guidelines for religion in the public schools at: http://www.ed.gov/inits/religionandschools/ |
| The National Congress of Parents and Teachers and Freedom
Forum's "A parent's guide to religion in the public
schools," at:
http://www.freedomforum.org/ You need software to read these files. It can be obtained free from:
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| Freedom Forum's "A teacher's guide to religion in the public schools," at: http://www.freedomforum.org/newsstand/reports/ * ** |
| National Bible Association and the First Amendment Center's "The Bible & Public Schools," at: http://www.freedomforum.org/ This also requires Acrobat software. |
| Anti-Defamation League (ADL)'s "Religion in the Public Schools" at: http://www.adl.org/religion_ps/default.asp |
References:
- Religion Today news summary, 1999-MAR-19.
- ACLU Newsfeed, 1999-NOV-5.
- Rutherford Institute has a web page at: http://www.rutherford.org/
- Natural Prayer Project is available at:
Email: naturalprayer@earthlink.net Website: http://www.naturalprayer.com Phone: 1-800-209-9929 (US only) Fax: (619) 573-0752 - Dave Clark, "Dallas schools attempt church ouster," at: http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/A0013582.html
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