And remember that the cases that are actually brought are just the tip of
the iceberg.
I'm convinced that one reason that these aren't challenged often enough to
eradicate them entirely is that few people want to be the
"Jew/atheist/Muslim/secular humanist/agnostic/etc who stole Christmas."
What p
It is astonishing how much defiance there is of the basic principles of Engel
and Schempp. The cases are periodic, but the facts are striking and they make
you wonder what’s really going on out there.
So, for example, one recent case out of the Southern District of Mississippi
involved videos
CBS This Morning produced a piece about the case in early February — I appear
(very) briefly:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lawsuit-to-end-bible-class-west-virginia-mercer-county-public-schools-separation-church-state/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8d&linkId=34252653
They obtained some powerful footage from
I grew up in Charleston, W.Va. and attended Kanawha County public schools
beginning in 1952 from the first grade through the ninth grade; even before
Engle and Abbington Township, we did not have bible study classes. The school
district was surprisingly compliant with the constitution as constr
Hello all -
My wife grew up Catholic in Bluefield, Mercer County, W.Va., in the 1980s, and
took Bible in middle school. Her take: "Of course, it is unconstitutional and
has been for decades, and you felt like an outsider/strange one if you did not
take the class." I was bemused when I heard a
I do an informal raise your hand sort of survey of those students in my con law
class who had in-public-school instruction in Christianity in elementary
school. It ranges from a low of 15% to around 50% each year. Once a student
asked me if Catholicism counted as Christian. In that case it was i
