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Created with Fabric.js 1.4.5 Engle v. Vitale double click to changethis text! Drag a cornerto scale proportionally. Charlie embodies what it is like tobe a teenager. He experiments, makes friends, creates and getsthrough drama, all those thingsthat happen in your teenage years,but through another pair of eyes. In 1962 the Board of Regents for the state of New York authorized a short, voluntary prayer for the beginning of each school day. This caused complaints from families of public school students,who said the voluntary prayer written by the State Board to "All Mighty God" contradicted their beliefs Petitioner parents applied for a writ of certiorari after the Court of Appeals of New York granted a judgment for respondent, the Board of Education. The case was then docketed. The Minority opinion argued the people are asked to respect any specific established religion; andthat the prayer is voluntary, The opinion of the court was such prayer violates the Establishment Claus of the firstAmendment to the United States constitution as applied to the states through the fourteenth, which says, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. The Minority opinion argued the people are asked to respect any specific established religion; and that the prayer is voluntary, The opinion of the court was such prayer violates the Establishment Claus of the first Amendment to the United States constitution as applied to the states through the fourteenth, which says, Congress shall make no lawrespecting an establishment of religion." The governments of twenty-two states signed on to an amicus curiae brief urging affirmation of the New York Court of Appeals decision that upheld the constitutionality of the prayer. The Supreme Court ruled it is unconstitutional for state officialsto compose an offical school prayer and encourage its recitation in public schools. Hour long oral agreements took place in the court from William J. Butler and Porter R. Chandler before a decision was made. The constitutional significance of this case was that praying in school violated the rights of the first amendment of separation of church and state, as well as the establishment claus.
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