History of Religion in Education

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
08/25/1647	"Old Deluder Satan" Act	The first publicly supported schools in America were established due to religious motives.
08/25/1791	The First Ammendment	Specified that "Congress shall make no law repecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free excercise.
08/25/1943	West Virgina v. Barnette	Supreme Court made it clear that students may not be required to salute the flag.
08/25/1947	Everson v. Board of Education	First establishment clause decision.
08/25/1971	Lemon v. Kurtzman	The Supreme Court announced a three part test to evaluate establishment clase clames.
08/25/1972	Wisconsin v. Yoder	Supreme Court exempted Amish children from school attendance afte completion of eighth grade.
08/25/1985	Alabama Law	Insereted the phrase "voluntary prayer" into an existing statute that authorized a period of silent meditation.
08/25/1985	Kentucky Law	Supreme Court declared a Kentucky Law unconstitutional that required posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
08/25/1992	Lee vs. Weisman	The first major school prayer case that involved prayers led by religious authority figures at public school graduation ceremonies.