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supreme court case on religion

Social

  • Fifty years ago this week, on June 25, 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court declared school-sponsored prayers unconstitutional in the landmark case Engel v. Vitale.
  • Public outrage was immediate and widespread. For millions of Americans, the Court had “kicked God out of the schools,” to use a phrase that has entered the culture-war lexicon.
  • Five decades later, Engel continues to be reviled by a good number of televangelists and politicians who take every opportunity to rail against the “godless public schools.” Eliminating school-sponsored prayer, they argue, set America on the road to moral and spiritual ruin.
  • Over the years, the absence of “school prayer” has been linked to almost every social ill, from schoolhouse shootings to drug addiction.

AMENDMENT IN MY OWN WORDS

religion is a pattern of social action organized around the beliefs and practices that people develop to answer questions about the meaning of existence.

Congress is not allowed to make a law that is telling you what religion you have to be.

First Amendment: religion

ECONOMICS

The discipline of economics is less a science than the theology of this new religion, and its God, the market, has become a vicious circle of ever increasing production and consumption by pretending to offer a secular salvation

— David R. Loy, A Buddhist History of the West

This is a fun and engaging activity for secondary students to debate the controversial issue of prayer in public schools

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of press; or the right to the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Political

The U.S. "separates" church & state, yet often mixes religion & politics. Throughout the nation's history, political and social movements have drawn upon religious institutions for moral authority, inspirational leadership and organizational muscle. Religion can also affect who a person votes for, and and on the religious end, political views can play a major role in religious conversion.

First Amendment: Religion

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