Chp 8 Religion By maggie_poorman Jun 25, 1962 Engel v. Vitale-Court ruled that any type of prayer, even undenominational, is unconstitutional government sponsorship of religion. Court ruled that any type of prayer, even undenominational, is unconstitutional government sponsorship of religion. Jun 17, 1963 Removal of prayer from schools by Supreme Court Jun 17, 1963 Abington School District v. Schempp- Court found Bible reading over intercom unconstitutional Jun 17, 1963 Murray v. Curlett- Court found that forcing child to particiapte in Bible reading and prayer as unconstitutional Nov 12, 1968 Epperson v. Arkansas- Court ruled that State staturebanning the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional Nov 17, 1980 Stone v. Graham-Court ruled posting of Ten Commandments in schools as unconstitutional Jun 4, 1985 Wallace v. Jaffree-Court ruled State's moment of silence in public school statute was unconstitutional Jun 19, 1987 Edwards v. Aquillard- Court ruled it unconstitutional for state to require teaching of "creation science" in instances involving evolution Jun 24, 1992 Lee v. Weisman- Court ruled it unconstitutional for school district to provide any clergy to perform nondenominational prayer at school graduations May 21, 2010 Texas State Board of Education approved major changes in requirements for the state's textbooks