American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Ohio Proclamation (February 18, 1992) signed by Governor George V. Voinovich declaring May 7, 1992, as a Day of Prayer in Ohio: <STATE OF OHIO Executive Department Office of the Governor COLUMBUS PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, the National Day of Prayer is a tradition first proclaimed by the Continental Congress in 1775; and WHEREAS, In 1988, legislation was unanimously ratified by both Houses of Congress and signed by President Ronald Reagan stating that the National Day of Prayer was to be observed on the first Thursday of every May; and WHEREAS, President George Bush has set aside May 7, 1992, as the 41st...

West Virginia Proclamation (January 28, 1992) signed by Governor Gaston Caperton declaring March 8-March 14, 1992, as "Christian Heritage Week": <WHEREAS, West Virginia has been richly blessed in natural beauty, reflecting God's miracle of creation; and WHEREAS, The importance of Christian Heritage to the traditions and values of our state is immeasurable; and WHEREAS, Religious holidays, festivals and celebrations have brought welcome respite from weary labor, as well as renewed respect and meaning for nature's seasons of change; and WHEREAS, The community church serves a vital function in binding folk together and providing crucial education and charitable services; and WHEREAS, Teaching...

United States Court of Appeals-7th Circuit (1992) in the case of Doe v. Small, 964 F.2d 611, 618 (7th Cir. 1992), stated: <The Supreme Court has refused to find the Establishment Clause to be a sufficiently compelling interest to exclude private religious speech even from a limited public forum created by the government.> 1992US003 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1992US003. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Court of Appeals-7th Circuit, 1992. Doe v. Small, 964 F.2d 611, 618 (7th Cir. 1992). Jay Sekulow, Letter to Mayors (Virginia Beach,...

United States Court of Appeals-6th Circuit (1992) in the case of Americans United for Separation of Church and State v. City of Grand Rapids, 980 F.2d 1538, 1555, stated: <What the members of Chabad House seek in this court is fully consistent with, and does not violate, our traditional division between church and state.... They merely ask that they not be spurned because they choose to praise God. Instead of forcing them to remain on our sidelines, our Constitution offers them platform from which to proclaim their message. In a traditional public forum, as at the ballot box, all citizens are...

United States Supreme Court (1992) in the case of Lee v. Weisman, 112 S. Ct. 2649 (1992), by only a one-vote majority, Justice Kennedy wrote the decision that a commencement prayer is not to be given by clergy. In a strong dissenting opinion, Lee v. Weisman; 120 L. Ed. 2d 467, 509 (1992), Scalia, J. (dissenting), Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Justice Byron White and Justice Clarence Thomas, stated that invocations and benedictions may continue to be offered, provided a notice is included in the commencement program that participation is voluntary: <That obvious fact recited the graduates...