Showing posts with label First Amendment Freedom of Speech Freedom of Religion Constitution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label First Amendment Freedom of Speech Freedom of Religion Constitution. Show all posts

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Charles C. Haynes: Alito is right: Schools are not religion-free zones 

  Just when I think religious liberty is alive and well in public schools, a school district does something bizarre to give the First Amendment a bad name.

  The latest poster-case for misbegotten efforts to turn public schools into religion-free zones comes out of Everett, Wash., where school officials barred students from playing an instrumental version of “Ave Maria” at graduation in 2006.