American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

United States Supreme Court (1980) in the case of Stone v. Graham, 449 U.S. 39, 42, 46 (1980), stated: <Religion has been closely identified with our history and government, Abington School District, 1963, and that the history of man is inseparable from the history of religion. Engle v. Vitale, 1962.> 1980US001 <The Bible may constitutionally be used in an appropriate study of history, civilization, ethics, comparative religion, or the like.> 1980US002 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1980US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Supreme Court, 1980, Stone...

California Supreme Court (1980) in the case of Devin Walker v. First Orthodox Presbyterian Church, 760-028.9, gave its opinion: <Freedom of religion is so fundamental to American history that it must be preserved even at the expense of other rights which have become institutionalized by the Democratic process.> 1980CA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1980CA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). California Supreme Court, 1980, Devin Walker v. First Presbyterian Church, 760-028.9. "Our Christian Heritage," Letter from Plymouth Rock (Marlborough, NH: The Plymouth Rock Foundation), p. 7.

United States District Court (1979) Eastern District of Tennessee, in the case of Wiley v. Franklin, 468 F.Supp. 133, 149-150 (E.D. Tenn. 1979), stated: <The Bible is replete with writings relevant to such secular subjects and interests as history, both ancient and modern, literature, poetry, music, art, government, social customs and practices, values, behavioral sciences, and, more generally speaking that broad range of subjects, values, interests, and activities encompassed within the generalized phrase "Western Civilization." To ignore the role of the Bible in the vast area of secular subjects such as herein above referred to is to ignore a keystone in...

United States Supreme Court (1978) in the case of McDaniel v. Paty, 435 U.S. 618 at 641 (1978), gave its opinion: <The Establishment Clause does not license government to treat religion, and those who teach or practice it, simply by virtue of their status as such, as subversive of American ideals and therefore subject to unique disabilities.... In short, government may not as a goal promote "safe-thinking" with respect to religion and fence out from political participation those, such as ministers, whom it regards as over-involved in religion. Religionists no less than members of any other group enjoy the full measure...

United States Congress (1977) ratified Public Law 77-379, in which the President officially proclaims the fourth Thursday of every November: <A National Day of Thanksgiving.> 1977US001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. 1977US001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). United States Congress, 1977, in Public Law 77-379. Gary DeMar, America's Christian History: The Untold Story (Atlanta, GA: American Vision Publishers, Inc., 1993), p. 53.