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A Separationist Silver Lining 0
- November/December 2002
- November 1, 2002
Illustration By Ralph Butler A week before the Supreme Court's ruling in the Cleveland voucher case, Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002), I was coleading a seminar on religious liberty. My friend and fellow instructor told the group that if the Court upheld tuition vouchers for private religious schools, the establishment clause of the First Amendment would
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The Great Pledge Debate 0
- November/December 2002
- November 1, 2002
The 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week cable channels treated it like the death of a celebrity, a major natural disaster, or the verdict in the O. J. Simpson case. Even though it was only a 2-1 decision by a federal appeals court holding that a 1954 act of Congress that added the words "under God" to the Pledge
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Drama Queen 0
- November/December 2002
- November 1, 2002
Illustration By Will Terry If a student swears in acting class, does God hear? * Apparently not, according to University of Utah acting professors. Or, if He does, it doesn't count because, hey, it is acting, after all. It's not like she means it. Right? Well . . . * Christina Axson-Flynn, a member of
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Illustration By Don Stewart The timing was at the very least a guaranteed attention-getter: one week before this year's Fourth of July celebrations, the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals ruled that recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America in public school classrooms constitutes an unacceptable state

Bad Argument Bad History 0

By Winston E. Greeley Illustration By Peter Bennett Many people would agree, on First Amendment principles, that the funneling of tax money, either directly or indirectly, to religious education is a bad idea. Now, it's one thing when people use a good argument to defend a bad idea. Or even when people use a bad

At Least This 0

"The Establishment of Religion" clause of the First Amendment means at least this: neither the state nor the federal government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another. Neither can force nor influence a person to go or remain away from

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