Name the Supreme Court case which banned school prayers and Bible reading, even if they were voluntary. Explain the impact these actions had on the Christian heritage of our country.
anyone know?
2007-04-12 16:51:28 · 6 answers · asked by fantasy_lover77 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
It was Abington School District v. Schempp. It was a United States Supreme Court case argued on February 27–28, 1963 and decided on June 17, 1963.
No one knows the impact.
People have postulated that "if prayer was in school, somehow it would stop the violence". This is tripe. Religions have sparked violence and with the diversity in religions, no school would be able to accomodate them all and no school can force others to conform to one religion. Prayer can't save society. Peoples behavior will do that.
2007-04-12 17:01:01 · answer #1 · answered by thequeenreigns 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There was no supreme court case. Its against the first amendment.... government and religion cannot be intertwined and the government cannot support or discriminate against a religion. By reading the Bible and saying prayers the government is supporting a specific religion. The impact was a truly democratic government.
It also limited the number of ways the central government could take too much power. During the Middle Ages feudal lords took control mainly because of the Catholic Church's support and Christianity in general. The 1st amendment prevented that from happening.
Personally i dont think it affected Christian heritage much. I mean people still go to CHurch and people still believe in the Christ and Jesus... right?
2007-04-12 16:59:53 · answer #2 · answered by annoyingdude99 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was Abington Township vs Schempp, and it only banned school-sponsored prayer. Individual prayers were never banned, and anyone who tells you they were is lying to you for their own purposes.
It had a liberating impact on our Constitutional heritage, enforcing as it did state-church separation and therefore equal rights for all citizens regardless of religion or their lack of one.
This country was not founded on Christian principles but on Democratic ones, which are vastly different. Up until 1776 almost every country on earth was run by a conspiracy between clergy and nobility, in order to maintain their stranglehold on the common people and the wealth they produced under oppressive conditions.
Our Founding Fathers lived in a time when the Catholic Church was still burning people alive for the "crime" of heresy, one of many reasons why they added the First Amendment to the Constitution to prevent such obscenities from happening here.
Whoever is lying to you about the Schempp decision wants to bring back those "good old days" - with themselves in power, of course. Don't buy it - think for yourself!
2007-04-12 17:08:45 · answer #3 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962)
Banned government sponsored prayer in schools
School District of Abington Township v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963)
Government could not sponsor Bible reading and recitation of the Lords prayer
Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602 (1971)
Court established the "Lemon" test.
2007-04-12 17:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by Political Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The christian heritage started by people coming to this country fleeing from religious persecution. The same persecution the people promoting the "christian heritage" of this country are doing to every other religion in America right now.
2007-04-12 17:05:27 · answer #5 · answered by iiiglowiii 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal to pray or read the Bible in schools?!
I think it is illegal for the teacher to force his/her students to do so, though during free time (or maybe during a test you could send up some prayers) both would be allowed.
2007-04-12 17:09:39 · answer #6 · answered by spidermilk666 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋