Separation of church and state
U.S. court rulings,
primarily on local issues
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Topics covered in this essay:
Religion Today news summary, 1999-MAR-19.
"Appeals court bans prayers at high school games, " Maranatha
Christian Journal, posted 1999-MAR-11
"Adler et al v. The Duval County School Board " at: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/may99/98-2709
American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Newsfeed, 1999-MAY-14
Anne Hamming, "Council halts raising of cross on Fourth of July ," The
Muskegon Chronicle, 1999-JUN-15. http://mu.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/
Clarence Page, "Bewitching logic: All religions or none should be tolerated on
military bases ," Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT, 1999-JUN-17. See: http://www.sltrib.com/1999/jun/06171999/commenta/
Joe Holley, "A genuine witch hunt, " U.S. News & World Report,
1999-JUN-14. See: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/990614/witches.htm
Kim Sue Lia Perkes, "Until Army rejects Wicca, 13 groups call for boycott, "
American-Statesman, Austin TX, 1999-JUN-10 at: http://www.statesman.com/news/2state/1999/06/
"Education Secretary statement on Ten Commandments House vote, " U.S.
Newswire, 1999-JUN-18.
Alan Dershowitz, "Ten Commandments aren't gun control, " Los
Angeles Times, 1999-JUN-20. See: http://www.latimes.com:80/excite/990620/t000055467.html
A web site devoted to the principle of separation of church and state is
at: http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
T. Davies & G. Hartley, "Judge rules against republic on
religious fish symbol, " MSNBC, at: http://www.msnbc.com/local
B.G. Walker, "The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred
Objects, " Harper San Francisco, (1988), Page 374
Baptist Press, "Town removes Christian symbol from seal,"
1999-JUL-22. On line at: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3261.htm
Daniel Kurtzman, "Supreme Court refuses to tamper with
church-state separation rulings, " Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA)
at: http://www.jta.org:80/oct99/12-vouc.htm
"Atheist looking for answers on nativity scene ," Akron
Beacon Journal, Akron OH. Online at: http://www.ohio.com:80/bj/news/ohio/docs/020703.htm
"Clergy distressed over Mass. display mixing Santa, Nativity;
fears of Witches, 'Devil Worshippers' raised, " American
Atheists, http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/mass4.htm
Charisma News Service, "Jesus statue doesn't have to be hidden,
judge rules, " 2000-MAY-15. On line at: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/00/20000515e.htm
The Freedom from Religion Foundation has a web site at: http://www.ffrf.org
Stuart Shepard, "Judge: No Prayers to Jesus ," at:
http://family.org/cforum/fnif/news
James Jefferson, "Federal judge strikes
down religious exemption to Arkansas vaccination law, " Associated
Press, at:
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/226/
"Join us! Wednesday, March 2 rally at Supreme Court..." AANEWS,
2005-FEB-28.
Bill Mears, "Ten Commandments
before high court. Explosive church-state issues from Kentucky, Texas, "
CNN,com Law Center, 2005-MAR-01, at:
http://www.cnn.com/
Links to web sites which deal with separation issues:
Copyright © 1998 to 2009 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Original publishing date: 1998-AUG-5
Latest update: 2009-SEP-05
Author: B.A. Robinson
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