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Peer reviewedPitts, Mark – Religion & Public Education, 1992
Reviews the constitutions of several western states that provide an absolute barrier between religion and public education. Asserts that these laws were passed after the Civil War when concern about minority religious influence in some states was high. Maintains that these state laws may be the next battleground in the ongoing controversy about…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal State Relationship, Government Role
