SPD 500 GCU First Amendment Religion and Education Essay

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Read chapters 4, 6, 9. 10, and 11 in Finding Common Ground: A First Amendment Guide to Religion and Public Schools, by Haynes and Thomas, from the Newseum Institute website. URL: http://www.newseuminstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rfc_publications_findingcommonground.pdf Review this resource from the Anti-Defamation League for a better understanding of the issue of religion in the public schools. URL: http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/civil-rights/religiousfreedom/rips/ReligPubSchs-PDF.pdf Read “Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962),” from Nexis Uni. URL: https://advance-lexis-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/api/document/collection/cases/id/3S4X-H7F0-003B-S4YP00000-00?cite=370%20U.S.%20421&context=1516831 Read “Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577 (1992),” from Nexis Uni. URL: https://advance-lexis-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/api/document/collection/cases/id/3S65-KDT0-003B-R20H00000-00?cite=505%20U.S.%20577&context=1516831 Read “Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290 (2000),” from Nexis Uni. URL: https://advance-lexis-com.lopes.idm.oclc.org/api/document/collection/cases/id/40HS-T000-004C-002600000-00?cite=530%20U.S.%20290&context=1516831 Read “Guidance on Constitutionally Protected Prayer in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools” from the U.S. Department of Education website (2003). URL: http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/religionandschools/prayer_guidance.html Read “Legal Guidelines Regarding the Equal Access Act and the Recognition of the Student-Led NonCurricular Groups,” from the U.S. Department of Education. URL: https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/secletter/groupsguide.doc Watch “ Battle of School Prayer. Constitution USA with Peter Sagal,” from PBS.org. URL: http://www.pbs.org/video/constitution-usa-peter-sagal-battles-school-prayer/ Read “Religious Freedom Conference Addresses Handling Religious Speech With Associates, in Public Schools,“ by Averett, from The Daily Universe (2016). URL: http://universe.byu.edu/2016/07/13/constitutional-rights-focus-of-byu-religous-freedom-confrence/ Read “AG Paxton: Prayer Room at Public High School Raises First Amendment Concerns,” from US Official News. URL: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/ag-paxton-prayer-room-at-public-high-school-raisesfirst-amendment-concerns Read “Is the Supreme Court Hostile to Religion?: Good News Club et al. v. Milford Central School (2001) and Santa Fe v. Doe (2000),” from Journal of Church & State (2001). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=584 1972&site=eds-live&scope=site Read “Religious Reasoning and Due Process of the Law: Why Religious Citizens Have the Burden to Prove the Innocence of Their Reasoning in the Public Square,” by Holzer, from Journal of Church & State (2015). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rlh&AN=109 035470&site=eds-live&scope=site Read “Graduation Speeches: Do Students Have a Prayer?” By Eckes & Schimmelo, from Principal Leadership (2014). URL: https://lopes.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ehh&AN=955 43362&site=ehost-live&scope=site
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Running head: FIRST AMENDMENT: RELIGION AND EDUCATION

First Amendment: Religion and Education
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FIRST AMENDMENT: RELIGION AND EDUCATION

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First Amendment: Religion and Education
The Religious Liberty Clause spelled out in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution
prohibits the Congress from making any laws that will either respect a religious establishment or
prohibit the free exercise of any establishment across the country (Ken Paxton attorney general
of Texas, 2019). As a teacher faced with a dilemma on whether to display the student’s essay in
the classroom who decides to write about Jesus as their hero because of the last supper for the
pictorial depiction essay, the First Amendment and the various Supreme Court Rulings would
serve as a guideline. The primary concerns with this essay would be any legal is...

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