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Engel vs. Vitale
The Court ruled that any type of prayer, even that which is nondenominational, is unconstitutional governement sponsorship of religion. -
Removal of Prayer
The Supreme Court decided to remove prayer from schools in 1963. Parents founght to restore prayer in the school through state and federal legislation. -
Abington School District vs. Schempp
The Court found that Bible reading over the school intercom was nconstitutional, and that same year, the Court found that forcing a child to participate in Bible reading and prayer was unconstitutional. -
Epperson vs. Arkansas
The Court ruled that a State statue banning the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional. A state cannot set a course of study in order to promote a religious viewpoint. -
Stone vs. Graham
The Court ruled that the posting of the Ten Commandments in schools was unconstitutional. -
Wallace vs. Jaffree
The Court ruled that the State's moment of silence in a public school was unconstitutional, as a legislative record revealed that the motivation for the statute was the encourgement of prayer. -
Edwards vs. Aquillard
The Court found it unconstitutional for the state to require the teaching of "creation science" in all instances in which evolution is taught. The statute had a clear religious motivation. -
Lee vs. Weisman
The Court ruled it unconstitutional for a school district to provide any clergy to perform nondenominational prayer at elementary or secondary school graduation. -
Texas State Board
The Texas State Board of Education approved major changes in the requirments for the state's textbooks. Conservatives on the board were successful in strengthening the requirements on teaching the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers.