Prayers in Public Schools and Other Matters: Hearings...87-2...July 26, August 2, 19621963 - 285 páginas |
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... fact of history that when some of the very groups which had most strenuously opposed the established Church of England found them- selves sufficiently in control of colonial governments in this country to write their own prayers into ...
... fact of history that when some of the very groups which had most strenuously opposed the established Church of England found them- selves sufficiently in control of colonial governments in this country to write their own prayers into ...
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... fact that the prayer may be denominationally neutral , nor the fact that its observance on the part of the students is voluntary can serve to free it from the limitations of the Establishment Clause , as it might from the Free Exercise ...
... fact that the prayer may be denominationally neutral , nor the fact that its observance on the part of the students is voluntary can serve to free it from the limitations of the Establishment Clause , as it might from the Free Exercise ...
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... fact that governmentally established religions and religious persecutions go hand in hand.16 The Founders knew that only a few years after the Book of Common Prayer became the only accepted form of religious services in the established ...
... fact that governmentally established religions and religious persecutions go hand in hand.16 The Founders knew that only a few years after the Book of Common Prayer became the only accepted form of religious services in the established ...
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... fact that school children and others are officially encouraged to express love for our country by reciting historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence which contain references to the Deity or by singing officially ...
... fact that school children and others are officially encouraged to express love for our country by reciting historical documents such as the Declaration of Independence which contain references to the Deity or by singing officially ...
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... fact that taxpayers do not have standing in the federal courts to raise the issue ( Frothingham v . Mellon , 262 U.S. 447 ) is of course no justification for drawing a line between what is done in New York on one hand and on the other ...
... fact that taxpayers do not have standing in the federal courts to raise the issue ( Frothingham v . Mellon , 262 U.S. 447 ) is of course no justification for drawing a line between what is done in New York on one hand and on the other ...
Términos y frases comunes
14th amendment 1st amendment adopted Almighty American authority believe Bible reading Bill of Rights Bishop PIKE blessings board of regents Catholic Chairman chaplains Christian citizens Congress conscience constitutional amendment Court's decision declared denomination EASTLAND establishment clause establishment of religion expression faith Federal Freedom of religion governmental institutions interpretation Jefferson Jewish Judiciary Committee Justice Black Justice Douglas law respecting legislative Lord's Prayer Madison majority opinion meaning ment Methodist moral Nation nondenominational oath official prayers parents pastor person practice pray prayer in public President prohibit proposed protection public school system public schools question recitation religious exercise religious freedom religious groups religious liberty resolution respecting an establishment ROBERTSON ruling school prayer sect sectarian secular Senator from Virginia separation of church spiritual statement stitution Supreme Court decision TALMADGE teachers tion U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court unconstitutional United University violation voluntary Washington words worship
Pasajes populares
Página 250 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Página 226 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Página 245 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent...
Página 139 - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Página 176 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Página 101 - Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other sects? that the same authority which can force a citizen to contribute three pence only of his property for the support of any one establishment, may force him to conform to any other establishment in all cases whatsoever?
Página 250 - Incompetent to be a witness or juror on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of- licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Página 247 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great creator and preserver of the universe.
Página 12 - Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just; And this be our motto :
Página 173 - MADISON said, he apprehended the meaning of the words to be, that Congress should not establish a religion, and enforce the legal observation of it by law, nor compel men to worship God in any manner contrary to their conscience.