Sentences with phrase «sponsored prayer in the schools»

The unanimous decision, which stems from a Louisiana law, continues the high court's 20 - year prohibition against sponsored prayer in the schools.

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The court ruled against SCHOOL SPONSORED PRAYER because it violated the rights of children in the classroom who believed differently than the SCHOOL SPONSORED PRAYER.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling on Friday, saying the family had not persuaded the three - judge panel «that the individual prayers or other remarks to be given by students at graduation are, in fact, school - sponsored.»

Or, most recently, you might have heard the rumor from Bryan Fischer, from Mike Hucakbee or a friend on Facebook, saying that God abandoned the children at Sandy Hook because, though children have every right to pray in public schools, those schools can not sponsor prayer events out of deference to religious freedom.

What is clear, however, is that church - state issues in public education have changed forever and that such issues as school - sponsored prayer, the posting of the ten Commandments and the teaching of creation science are the arguments of yesterday.

In that case Justice Rehnquist wrote that Alabama has the right to enforce government - sponsored prayer in public schools, and even to establish a state - sponsored church if it wants to — which questions the premise (based on the Fourteenth Amendment) that constitutional prohibitions on infringement of rights extend to the stateIn that case Justice Rehnquist wrote that Alabama has the right to enforce government - sponsored prayer in public schools, and even to establish a state - sponsored church if it wants to — which questions the premise (based on the Fourteenth Amendment) that constitutional prohibitions on infringement of rights extend to the statein public schools, and even to establish a state - sponsored church if it wants to — which questions the premise (based on the Fourteenth Amendment) that constitutional prohibitions on infringement of rights extend to the states.

(1) School prayer: Despite the over-whelming weight of constitutional scholarship opposing state - sponsored school prayer, President Reagan has made known his wish to «get prayer back in the schools» (though in point of fact it has never been expeSchool prayer: Despite the over-whelming weight of constitutional scholarship opposing state - sponsored school prayer, President Reagan has made known his wish to «get prayer back in the schools» (though in point of fact it has never been expeschool prayer, President Reagan has made known his wish to «get prayer back in the schools» (though in point of fact it has never been expelled).

The U.S. Supreme Court, which had ruled earlier in 1992 that school - sponsored graduation prayers are unconstitutional, last year let stand the ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit...