Religion on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and DocumentsFrom colonial times to the present, an insightful examination of how courts have determined the extent to which religion is accommodated in American public life.
This volume chronicles such groundbreaking cases as the 1991 decision ordering blood transfusions for children of Christian Scientists in Norwood Hospital v. Munoz and the infamous case, Engel v. Vitale, that banned prayer in schools and ignited calls for Chief Justice Earl Warren's impeachment. The work addresses such inflammatory contemporary disputes as prayer in schools, allegiance to the flag, and the display of religious symbols on public property, and the impact they have had on American society.
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Their opponents argue that allowing organized prayer and other religious activity in the schools and in other public venues is an unconstitutional promotion of the majority's religion at the expense of those in the minority.
An early concession was made by the courts in that the presidential oath of office allows the president the ... Parents of Jehovah's Witness students sued to allow their children to avoid recitation of the pledge on religious grounds.
This opinion was written in connection with an order granted by a U.S. Court of Appeals judge allowing a hospital to administer blood transfusions to save the life of a patient. The patient and her husband had refused to give permission ...
In about the year 312 A.D. the coemperors Constantine and Licinius issued the Edict of Milan, which allowed Romans freedom to choose their own religion or religions. Although there were other important centers to the east, Rome, ...
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