Separation of church and state

U.S. court rulings,
primarily on local issues

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Topics covered in this essay:

	Quotations. Overview, Prayers at public school graduation ceremonies, public school sports events, and Board of Education meetings
	Prayers at municipal council meetings Chesterfield Country, VA Great Falls, SC
	Nativity displays, state and municipality mottos, symbols, crests. etc.
	Specific events The Mojave cross case
	Displaying the 10 commandments
	Religious discrimination case
	Support for religion on U.S. military bases
	Arkansas vaccination law

Related essays on this web site

	What the Bible says about public prayer
	Prayer in public school during class
	Separation of church and state issues
	Religious symbols by municipal governments
	Posting of the Ten Commandments in schools and government offices
	The Istook Constitutional Amendment: 1995-1996
	The Istook Constitutional Amendment: 1997-1999
	Organizations devoted to separation issues
	Christian boycott of the U.S. Army

References

1. Religion Today news summary, 1999-MAR-19.
2. "Appeals court bans prayers at high school games," Maranatha Christian Journal, posted 1999-MAR-11
3. "Adler et al v. The Duval County School Board" at: http://www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/may99/98-2709
4. American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU Newsfeed, 1999-MAY-14
5. 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/
6. 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/
7. Joe Holley, "A genuine witch hunt," U.S. News & World Report, 1999-JUN-14. See: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/990614/witches.htm
8. 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/
9. "Education Secretary statement on Ten Commandments House vote," U.S. Newswire, 1999-JUN-18.
10. Alan Dershowitz, "Ten Commandments aren't gun control," Los Angeles Times, 1999-JUN-20. See: http://www.latimes.com:80/excite/990620/t000055467.html  
11. A web site devoted to the principle of separation of church and state is at: http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html 
12. T. Davies & G. Hartley, "Judge rules against republic on religious fish symbol," MSNBC, at: http://www.msnbc.com/local
13. B.G. Walker, "The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects," Harper San Francisco, (1988), Page 374
14. Baptist Press, "Town removes Christian symbol from seal," 1999-JUL-22. On line at: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3261.htm
15. 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
16. "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
17. "Clergy distressed over Mass. display mixing Santa, Nativity; fears of Witches, 'Devil Worshippers' raised," American Atheists,  http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/mass4.htm  
18. 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 
19. The Freedom from Religion Foundation has a web site at: http://www.ffrf.org 
20. Stuart Shepard, "Judge: No Prayers to Jesus," at: http://family.org/cforum/fnif/news
21. James Jefferson, "Federal judge strikes down religious exemption to Arkansas vaccination law," Associated Press, at: http://www.boston.com/dailynews/226/
22. "Join us! Wednesday, March 2 rally at Supreme Court..." AANEWS, 2005-FEB-28.
23. 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:

	"The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State," at: http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html is a web site that is totally devoted to this topic.
	The above site has a list of links to other Internet locations dealing with separation of church and state. See: http://members.tripod.com/~candst/linksidx.htm

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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