Freedom of Religion

This article describes the Founding Fathers' views of the role that the federal government should take towards educating its citizenry. The author discusses the views of James Madison and Thomas Jefferson and how they felt regarding whether or not the federal government should fund education.…

This landmark Supreme Court ruling decided that Ohio's school voucher program did not violate the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment, allowing states to give parents tuition vouchers to allow their children to attend public or private schools as long as they do not promote religious…

This landmark Supreme Court case decided that that is unconstitutional for state officials to encourage prayer in public schools due to violation of the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment. The Court stated that the reading of a denominational prayer at the start of a school day violates the…

This landmark Supreme Court decision overturned the Oregon Compulsory Education Act of 1922, which required that all parents and guardians send their children to public school with few exceptions. The Supreme Court decided that the Act violated the liberty of parents to decide the education of…

This document, drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1777 and introduced to the Virginia General Assembly in 1779, called for freedom of religion for peoples of all faiths and disestablished the Church of England in Virginia. The statute was a precursor to the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise…

<p><span class="deck">Jefferson and Madison led a revolutionary fight for complete separation of church and state. Their reasons probed the basic relation between religion and democracy</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">CONFRONTING AN ISSUE AS OLD AS PUBLIC SCHOOLS</span></p>

<p>While much of the world still faces restrictions on religion, America's unique approach brought about both religious freedom and spiritual vibrancy.</p>