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Engel Vs Vitale
In 1962, the Supreme Court ruled in Engel v. Vitale that a New York State school district's policy of starting each school day with a prayer violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The Court found that the prayer, which was written by the New York Board of Regents, constituted an establishment of religion by the State. While the school district argued the prayer was meant to encourage morality and good citizenship, the Court determined it was a religious exercise and therefore unconstitutional for schools to require it. The ruling reinforced the separation of church and state in public schools.
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Engel Vs Vitale
- 1. Engel vs. vitale1962 Yao Adantor
- 2. Prayer “ Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our country. Amen.”
- 3. Historical background AfterWorld War II, the United States experienced another period of intense concern about the spread of communism . In this context, some States enacted a variety of programs to encourage patriotism, moral character, and other values of good citizenship. They also began challenging separation of church and state issues in hopes of providing students with strong moral and spiritual stamina .
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- 5. So what reallyhappened? In 1951 the New York State Board of Regents (the State board of education) approved a 22-word “nondenominational prayer. The Regents believed that the prayer could be a useful tool for the development of character and good citizenship among the students of the State of New York.
- 6. Continue……. A groupof parents in a public school located in New Hyde Park district 9, New York opposed the opening prayer of a school day .
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- 8. Arguments by theplaintiff 1)The prayer violates the doctrine of separation of church and state. 2)The prayer was technically voluntary but didn’t seem like it.( Peer Pressure ) 3)Reflects religious abuse (book of prayer) of the 16 th and 17 th century that drove the puritans to a new land. 4)Teachers are being paid by taxpayers therefore by abiding to this laws they are violating the 1 st amendment.
- 9. Defense use bythe Hyde Park school board 1)The prayer was not a religious instruction but it was religious in nature. 2) Prayers are rich important American spiritual heritage. 3) 29 out of 4500 students excused themselves from the prayer showing the prayer was well received. 4) A 30 second prayer is hardly enough time to make a great deal to anyone.
- 10. Continue.. 5) The prayer does not point out to a particular religion ..the word are accepted universally. 6) It was a moral attempt to counteract juvenile delinquency .
- 11. Ruling Monday, June25, 1962 Decision: 6 votes for Engel, 1 vote (s) against Legal Provision: Establishment of Religion Full Opinion by Justice Hugo L. Black
- 12. The effect ofAngel vs. Vitale After the ban of the prayer SAT scores dropped by 98 points. The murder rate has tripled in the U.S since the decision. 4 out 5 Americans want spoken prayers in school. Violent crimes and drug use shot up. Private school in which prayer are allowed produced better students.
- 13. I'm the judgenow In such a particular case I will rule in favor of the plaintiff for several reasons: The prayer technically violates the first amendment of separation of church and state. Saying the school prayer even though 30 second ,its like a subliminal message to corrupt others religion. It will start from prayers and then escalade to churches before school.
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- 15. i do not feel obliged to believe that same God who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect had intended for us to forgo their use. [Galileo Galilee]
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- 17. In conclusion “The separation of church and state is vital to a nation’s good health in the matter of unbiased judgment. therefore our good sense must guide our spirit to justice and prosperity” - Yao Adantor
- 18. Bibliography Hass, Carol. Engel v. Vitale . New Jersey: ENSLOW PUBLISHERS, INC, 1994. “ Engel v. vitale Ask the Editors. Infoplease. © 2000–2007 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease. 03 Mar. 2009 <http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/3-26-99askeds.html>. The Oyez Project, Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), available at: < http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1961/1961_468/ >
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