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Church and State Facts
"Facts are stubborn things." -- John Adams
"Facts are stupid things." -- Ronald Reagan
"Facts are simple things." -- Shmoop
FAQ
Has religious freedom always existed in America? Does this mean that the United States was founded as a Christian nation? When did religious freedom, as we know it, emerge? Do the religion clauses...
Terms
Abington School District v. Schempp In this 1963 case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a Pennsylvania law requiring the reading of Biblical scriptures in public schools was a violation o...
Trivia
During the seventeenth century, the religious-freedom seeking Puritans of Massachusetts Bay arrested, harassed, or kicked out every non-Puritan that tried to enter "their" colony. They hated Quaker...
