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In the News: Public Schools and Public Christianity
Yesterday’s New York Times ran an article “exposing” the strong role played in some public schools by Biblical Christianity. The article describes the evangelistic activities condoned and even promoted...
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The Bible in America: The Thunderbolt, Part I: Engel v. Vitale
Lots of fundamentalists feel that America has foolishly kicked God out of its public schools. Try a simple Google search of “God kicked out of public school,” and you will find an endless collection...
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The Bible in America: Thunderbolt, Part III: What Thunderbolt?
As we’ve discussed here lately, some fundamentalists harp on the Schempp and Engel Supreme Court decisions of 1962 and 1963 as the time God was kicked out of public schools. Some of the reasons for...
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Required Reading: Kicking God Out of Public Schools
We have looked recently at the effects on Fundamentalist America of the US Supreme Court’s rulings in 1962 and 1963. These decisions ruled against the use of state-sponsored prayer and school-led...
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CATCH-ing Up and Opting Out
ILYBYGTH reported yesterday on a new pilot program in New York City high schools. The program, Connecting Adolescents to Comprehensive Health, or CATCH, will expand the district’s condom-distribution...
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School Shootings and the “Crime of ‘62”
Governor Mike Huckabee is not alone. As we’ve noted, the former governor of Arkansas and prominent conservative radio personality denounced the lack of prayer and Bible-reading in public schools. Such...
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Conservatives: Keep Religion Out of Public Schools
Do American religious conservatives want more Jesus in public schools? That’s usually the assumption, from Kountze, Texas to San Diego, California. Recently in the pages of The American Conservative,...
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Time to Pray at School!
It’s that time of year again. Time for students to gather together in their public schools and pray. You heard that right: School prayer is alive and well. In this case, it’s almost the fourth...
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Why do conservatives want to put “In God We Trust” banners in public schools? So far, six states have okayed the plan and Kentucky has just entertained a bill to join the list. Why? After all,...
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