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| Everson v. Board of Education |
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Supreme Court ruled 1st amendment requies state to be neutral in relations with religious or non religious groups
-- also must maintain wall of separation |
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Abington Township v. Schempp AND
Murray v. Curlett AND Engel v. Vitale |
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School prayer unconstitutional
Bible may be used as literature and in historical context |
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Lemon v. Kurtzman
"Lemon" Test for Church-State Separation |
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outlawed governmental involvement in activities which
a - did not have a secular purpose
b - advanced or inhibited religion
c - fostered an excessive government entanglement with religion |
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Public funds for religiously-oriented teen sexuality program
-- Adolescent Family Life Act (1981) does not violate 1st amendment seperation because:
1 - act has valid secular purpose
2 - act does not have primary purpose of advancing religion
3 - act does not create excessive entanglment of church and state |
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| school-sponsored invocations/benedictions at public school graduation ceremonies violate the first amendment |
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| Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District |
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| Family values video shown my church in school building does not run afoul of the LEMON test since the screening would not occur during school hours, not sponsored by the district, and was open to the public |
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| Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School District |
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SPED services in nonpublic schools
--public funds can pay for private services (intrepreter) because child is beneficiary and interpreter does not add or detract from the religious teachings |
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| providing Title I services at private schools does not violate Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment |
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| Title I services had to be offered in neutral location instead of private school |
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| Edwards v. Aguillard -- equal time for creationism |
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| no legal decision on teaching creationism in a secular manner -- in response to LA law. SCourt says teachers already have leeway to teach creationism. |
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| Bd. of Ed. of the Westside Comm. Schools v. Mergens |
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| SCourt ruled students have a right to organize their own groups in public schools, whether they be religious, political, or philosophical, when the school has created an open forum by allowing non-curricular clubs. |
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| Brown v. Woodland Joint USD |
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| Court ruled Impressions series did not promote witches and witch craft |
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| upheld by NV AG b/c it does not promote/inhibit any particular religion |
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| Religious Holidays in Public Schools |
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Florey v. Sioux Falls SD -- holidays may be taught for historical purposes
Bauchman v. West HS -- religious music may be used in choral concerts since significant serious choral music comes from religious sources, religious venues also permissible with acoustics better than school gym |
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