"When the government puts its imprimatur on a particular
religion it conveys a message of exclusion to all those who do not adhere to the
favored beliefs. A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons
are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some." Supreme Court Justice
Harry A. Blackmun. 1
Note:
This section should really be called "religion and state," so that it
represents a wall of separation between all religions -- Christianity, Islam,
Judaism, Wicca, etc. -- and the federal, state and municipal governments in the
U.S. However, the term "church and state" is so well entrenched that we will
continue to use it here.
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E.S. Gaustad, "Faith of Our Fathers: Religion and the New Nation",
Harper & Row, New York, NY, (1987)
James Davidson and Os Guiness, editors, "Articles of Faith, Articles of Peace:
The Religious Liberty Clauses and the American Public Philosophy". Hunter,
Washington DC (1990).
A.A. Lipscomb & A.E. Bergh, editors, "The Writings of Thomas Jefferson",
Washington, (1907), Vol. 16, P. 281
Kristen J. Amundson, "Religion in the Public Schools", American Assn.
School Administrators, 1986-JUN, ISBN: 087652109X
Richard McMillan, "Religion in the Public Schools : An Introduction" ,
Mercer University Press, 1984-SEP, ISBN: 0865540934
Deborah Mayo-Jefferies, "Religious Freedom in the Education Process: A Research
Guide to Religion in Education (1950-1992)", William S Hein & Co., 1994-JUN,
ISBN: 0899418716
J.W. Whitehead, "The rights of Religious Persons in Public Education",
Crossway, Wheaton, IL, (1994)
Mary Leonard, "Religion and Politics: Christian soldiers march onward - and
wayward", Boston Globe, Boston Ma, 1997-MAR-9
Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, 200 Maryland Ave., N.E., Washington,
D.C. 20002, (202) 544-4226