Dear clmslp414-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. The subject of separation of Church and State with regard to
our public schools is a continuous and often heated debate. There is
an abundance of related articles out there, some newer than others,
but I took the liberty of actually finding some of them for you before
I explain where many of them originate. The articles cover a variety
of topics including (but not limited to) case law, use of public funds
for theological purposes, the teaching of creationism as opposed of
evolution, the ?forced? practice of religious observance, religious
practices offending non-religious students or those who have
conflicting beliefs, to protect a given minority, and many others.
Here are just a few of those examples I?ve rounded up for you to get
you started:
ACLU BRIEFING PAPER NUMBER 3 CHURCH AND STATE
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/con07.htm
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE 101
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/cs/blcs_101.htm?terms=go
SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS
How can schools recognize holidays, but not violate the separation of
church and state?
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/cs/blcs_hol_school.htm
HUAMANISM TODAY
http://www.humanismtoday.org/vol1/jerris.pdf
FAQ's ABOUT PRAYER IN SCHOOLS
http://www.atheists.org/schoolhouse/faqs.prayer.html
MURRAY v. CURLETT
http://www.atheists.org/schoolhouse/court.case.html
ATHEISTS' RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A Secular Perspective & Guide For Parents and Students
http://www.atheists.org/schoolhouse/schools.html
WHAT'S WRONG WITH A FEW HARMLESS PRAYERS IN COURTROOMS OR CLASSROOMS?
http://www.atheists.org/courthouse/whatsafewprayers.html
RELIGIOUS PSEUDO-SCIENCE AND REVISIONISM
http://www.atheists.org/schoolhouse/pseudo.html
SIX MYTHS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MADALYN MURRAY O'HAIR AND THE SUPREME
COURT CASE SHE FOUGHT...
http://www.atheists.org/schoolhouse/sixmyths.html
SECULAR STUDENT ALLIANCE
http://www.secularstudents.org/advisory/org_list.html
(A number of articles can be found here supporting separation of
Church and State in public schools and other settings)
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PUBLICATION EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/civlib/pearl.htm
MCLEAN V. ARKANSAS (1982)
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/legal/mclean.htm
(The argument about Creationism as a science)
WEBSTER V. NEW LENOX SCHOOL DISTRICT (1990)
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/legal/webster.htm
PELOZA V. CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (1994)
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/legal/peloza.htm
EDWARDS V. AGUILLARD, 1987
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/edwards-v-aguillard.html
ANTI-EVOLUTION AND THE LAW
http://www.antievolution.org/topics/law/
PUBLIC SCHOOL DOLLARS FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=2472
TEACHING RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oId=2462
RELIGION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
http://atheism.about.com/library/FAQs/cs/blcs_sch_index.htm?terms=go
(Other articles can be found through links on this site)
PARENTAL RIGHTS
The Trojan Horse of the Religious Right Attack on Public Education
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=1993
SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
In the public schools
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=1360#1
WIKIPEDIA
Separation of Church and State
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state
PARENTS SUE MANATEE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD TO STOP BOARD?S
UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE OF BEGINNING MEETINGS WITH SECTARIAN PRAYER
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=13656
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
http://www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile.cfm?id=14467
http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLibertylist.cfm?c=139
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=church+and+state&sp-a=sp070e7300&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=phrase&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-d=custom&sp-date-range=-1&sp-start-month=0&sp-start-day=0&sp-start-year=&sp-end-month=0&sp-end-day=0&sp-end-year=&sp-x=any&sp-c=10&sp-m=1&sp-s=0
(This organization defends the teaching of evolution in the Public
Schools and supports separation because it believes creationism is not
based on scientific fact. You can find a large number of articles
through this web site.)
. . . . . . . . .
By searching out the organizations listed here which support various
levels of Separation of Church and State our public schools for a
variety of reasons you can find many more publications and literature
related to your question:
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
http://www.aclu.org/
AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSOCIATION
http://www.secularhumanism.org/aah/
ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE
http://www.adl.org/adl.asp
AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS
http://www.ajcongress.org/
AMERICANS FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
http://www.arlinc.org/
AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
http://www.au.org/site/PageServer
COUNCIL FOR DEMOCRATIC AND SECULAR HUMANISM
http://www.secularhumanism.org/
FREEDOM FROM RELIGION FOUNDATION
http://ffrf.org/index.php
INSTITUTE FOR FIRST AMENDMENT STUDIES
http://www.naawpflch.org/index/studies.html
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/civlib/pearl.htm
PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/
VOICES FOR EVOLUTION
http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/creation/voices/index.html
(There are other organizations listed here, both religious and
scientific, that also support separation of Church and State and make
the argument in support of this notion on their respective web sites)
SEPARATION OF CHURCH & STATE SUPER LIST
http://www.preciousheart.net/religious%20freedom/SUPER_List_Church-State.htm
(975+ sites with related articles)
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NEWS LIBRARY.COM
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