Assignment 2: Case Separating Church And State
Case Separating Church and State
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Supreme Court to hear case separating church and state
By David Savage
LA Times
Introduction
Justices are set on Wednesday to hear and determine whether to allow city councils begin their meetings with explicitly Christian prayers. The main bone of contention is to whether at the beginning of a meeting, prayers should be invoked or not.
American United for Separation of Church and State are of the view that, prayer practice conducted before meetings can be viewed as an act of endorsing certain religions over the others. This In turn might lead to religious discrimination, which might bear decisive effects. In a 1983 decision that upheld the invocations
Name
Professor
Institution
Course
Date
Supreme Court to hear case separating church and state
By David Savage
LA Times
Introduction
Justices are set on Wednesday to hear and determine whether to allow city councils begin their meetings with explicitly Christian prayers. The main bone of contention is to whether at the beginning of a meeting, prayers should be invoked or not.
American United for Separation of Church and State are of the view that, prayer practice conducted before meetings can be viewed as an act of endorsing certain religions over the others. This In turn might lead to religious discrimination, which might bear decisive effects. In a 1983 decision that upheld the invocations