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The Religion Clauses |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / SPECIAL REPORT--A TEN COMMANDMENTS COUNTRY? |
| Author: John S. Baker Jr. |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/2004 |
| Size: 2,281 Words, 14,850 Characters |
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The recent controversy in Alabama over the display of the Ten Commandments on state-owned property renewed the debate about the meaning of the First Amendment's religion clauses. That debate came to a head some years ago in an important Supreme Court case, also from Alabama, Wallace v. Jaffree (1985). I represented Alabama in the U.S. Supreme Court; a young law student, named Bill Pryor, published a law review article about the case. Since then, we have both been committed to advocating the original meaning of the religion clauses. Thus the current attorney general of Alabama, Bill Pryor, had well-considered reasons for supporting the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments display.
In the current Alabama case, the focus on the original meaning of the religion clauses has become diff...
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...y issues that shape our culture to be decided by majorities in each of the states. Nothing in the Constitution prevents citizens of the states, if they choose, from abandoning religion and thereby encouraging a secularized society. As the recent controversy over the display of the Ten Commandments in Alabama indicates, however, many Americans do not favor a completely secularized public order.
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