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PüRTLAND/OBSERVER Thursday M a r. 18, 1971
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School prayer issue
Revived with som e
new dim ensions..
Am erica is supposed to be a religious nation. Religious free
dom stimulated the early Founders of the Land of the Free and
home of the brave. Yet in recent years we’ ve had what should
not have been problems of ieligious nature in our public institut
ions, p articularly our schools.
Prayer in schools is s tirrin g again. One key to its revival is
a Massachusetts court ruling that public school children may re
cite voluntary classroom prayers if teachers and staff do not —
participate in the exercises. A aew flavor however, has been
added, that of charges of ’’ c iv il disobedience’ ’ against school
prayer supporters, indictments that had been reserved principal
ly fo r more ’ ’ radical” or ’ ’ left-lean ing" elements in American
society.
Concurrent with "righteo us” demands fo r rejuvenation of pray
e r in public schools is an equally loud outcry by church-state -
separation groups and such organizations as the A m e r ic a n
C iv il L iberties Union against what they term are outright v io -
lations of the U. S. Constitution . In fact, some legislators ,
civic leaders, church spokesmen and other proponents of school
prayer admit their actions run counter to the 1963 U.S. Suprem e
Court decision prohibiting prayer in public schools.
In many cases, these same proponents of schools prayer have
bee;, n the other side of the fence, condemning or denouncing ..
other acts of c iv il disobedience, such as draft card burning, s it-
ins and campus disruptions.
The revival of school prayer issue appears to be adding
a
new dicension to the modem American phenomenon of dissent and
c iv il disobedience - a "s ile n t m a jo rity " or conservative dimen
sion. In some parts of the country, a large measure of success
in restoring school prayer periods has been at least tem porari
ly achieved. It may necessitate another Supreme Court Action to
resolve the m atter once ano' fo r a ll.
Very recently, the Cambridge , M a s s , board of education ap
proved a "fiv e -m in u te ” period fo r voluntary prayer by p u p il s
in 19 schools. Shortly after the superior court ruling, the Mass.
H o u s e voted overwhelmingly its approval of a b ill to allow
students to pray: voluntarily in public school classrooms. This
was thought to present a challenge to theU.S. Supreme C ou r ts
1963 ruling which barred Bible reading s and prayers. But pro
ponents of the legislation contended that the High Court cases
dealt with prayers o fficia lly mandated by school authorities ,
thus involving the individuals in the classrooms.
In most of the school prayer policies now being approved by
local boards of education, the tim e element is a paramount fac
to r. Most state legal officials concede that the High C o u r t* s
ruling is interpreted to mean that prayers cannot be recited in
public schools during regular hours, and that students n e v e r
were forbidden to engage in voluntary prayer sessions p rio r
to school hours, providing there was no sanction by school o f
fic ia ls .
While many school boards are basing their case fo r school ..
prayer on the "v o lu n ta ry” aspects of prayer or meditation, op
ponents are taking issue with it. Numerous state and c o u r t
cases have decryed the Supreme Court Decision on prayer in
schools. We could quote or re fe r to quite many cases in point.
The above surfices to indicate the riv iv a l of the issue of pray
er in schools without further hesitation.
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a child w ill have a fever and a
sore arm fo r a few days. IF a
child is coming down or getting
over a cold, the fever might per
sist longer. Usually aspirin w ill
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Portland has a drug problem!
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W e, the Committee for Crea
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idents of Portland, also.
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teen rehabilitation. These pro -
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Creative L ife Foundation isa
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Peer Group Effective Communi
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this organization involving the
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of
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The dope problem has mount
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We must build roads out of
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courts are re fe rrin g teens to this
organizations. If you are in -
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le t us te ll you more about this
way out in our meeting
with
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tion of Seattle- The date is M ar
16,W rite, Creative L ife Founua-
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