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The United States Constitution states..."Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This is the First Amendment, contained in the Bill of Rights. While the language seems clear that the United States may not declare an official religion for the country, various Supreme Court rulings have determined what this particular amendment can mean. The "banning" of the JudeoChristian Bible from public schools is an offshoot of the lawsuit brought by Madelyn Murray O'Hare in the 1960's. Ms. O'Hare was an atheist who objected to her son being made to participate in school assemblies when prayer was part of the assembly. Under the First Amendment, she argued that her "religion" did not include prayer to the JudeoChristian God. An offshoot of this decision in her favor was that the JudeoChristian Bible was not allowed because it was a religious document favoring one particular religion. Various school districts have established courses that study The Bible as an historical document, but the public reading of the Bible as a part of a faith ceremony (assemblies, sporting events, ect) is still banned as "religious expression" under the First Amendment. One interesting footnote to history...Ms. O'Hare's son grew up and became a Baptist minister.
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