
Religious lawsMenu:"Separation of church and state" issues
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"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
- "You don't believe in Separation of Church and State? Well, since you want your church to tell the government how to govern, does that mean the government can come into your church and tell you how to worship? Separation is for the protection of both." Zoe Anadon

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. 
This section discusses the following topics:

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The National Paralegal College has an excellent essay on freedom of religion and the Establishment Clause at: http://nationalparalegal.edu/
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The Yahoo! search engine has a entire directory on church-state issues at: http://dir.yahoo.com/
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Other references:
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U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Agostini v. Felton (1997), at: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/
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E.S. Gaustad, "Faith of Our Fathers: Religion and the New Nation",
Harper & Row, New York, NY, (1987)
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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).
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A.A. Lipscomb & A.E. Bergh, editors, "The Writings of Thomas Jefferson",
Washington, (1907), Vol. 16, P. 281
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Kristen J. Amundson, "Religion in the Public Schools", American Assn.
School Administrators, 1986-JUN, ISBN: 087652109X
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Richard McMillan, "Religion in the Public Schools : An Introduction" ,
Mercer University Press, 1984-SEP, ISBN: 0865540934
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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
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J.W. Whitehead, "The rights of Religious Persons in Public Education",
Crossway, Wheaton, IL, (1994)
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Mary Leonard, "Religion and Politics: Christian soldiers march onward - and
wayward", Boston Globe, Boston Ma, 1997-MAR-9
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Coalition to Preserve Religious Liberty, 200 Maryland Ave., N.E., Washington,
D.C. 20002, (202) 544-4226
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Lemon vs. Kurtzman, Supreme Court ruling (1971) at: http://cns-web.bu.edu/
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"Freedom of Religion," at: http://faculty.ncwc.edu/


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on Religious Tolerance
Last updated 2011-DEC-10
Author: B.A. Robinson 
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