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Religion: How To Stay Out Of Court, Kenneth Akers, Sara Rotramel, Jorge Wellmann
Religion: How To Stay Out Of Court, Kenneth Akers, Sara Rotramel, Jorge Wellmann
Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education (CNS 670)
In the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, it reads that, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” This single sentence, the Establishment Clause, is the backbone of religious freedom in the United States, and with its several annotations it has given shape and breadth to the concept of religion in America, more specifically our topic, i.e. …