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Breaking Down the First Amendment |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--A TEN COMMANDMENTS COUNTRY? |
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The World & I Online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2004 |
| Size: 125 Words, 898 Characters |
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The First Amendment contains two clauses about religion: the establishment clause and the ...
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...nment; he understood that most matters touching religion were to be governed solely by state law.
Supreme Court decisions regarding public prayer and religious observances continue to be controversial among a large segment of the American public.
The Court said in the not-too-distant past, "We are a religious people whose institutions presuppose a Supreme Being" (Zorach v. Clauson 1952).
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