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Article: Court rulings on religion. (News)
- Article from:
- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- June 16, 1993
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THE U.S. Supreme Court in several recent rulings has given attention to the perpetually contested borders between church and state. Acting in the midst of the public high school graduation season, the court has handed a partial, and perhaps only temporary, victory to supporters of state-sponsored prayer in the schools. At the same time, the court solidified its line of reasoning on the delicate "equal access" issue in a ruling applauded by those on both sides of the church-state separation barrier.
The two actions--one a ruling, the other a decision not to hear a case--had been closely watched by religious liberty groups. Many religious observers hoped that the ...