Engel v Vitale
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- Engel v Vitale
- ISSUE
- Does a public school requirement that students participate in a nondenominational prayer violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, as applied to states by the Fourteenth Amendment?
- PLAINTIFF ARGUMENT
- The prayer is contrary to our and our children's religious beliefs, and it's a violation of the First Amendment Establishment Clause, applicable to New York by the Fourteenth Amendment.
- DEFENDANT ARGUMENT
- The prayer is published as part of the "Statement on Moral and Spiritual Training in the Schools" and its use is recommended in schools. Reciting is is optional.
- MAJORITY OPINION
- Requiring public school students to participate in religious prayer is unconstitutional, and daily recitation of the Regent's prayer is inconsistent with the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.
- DISSENTING OPPINION
- The Court misapplied a constitutional principle in denying children the opportunity of sharing in the spiritual heritage of our nation.
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