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its official writings. State v. Whisner, 1976.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to ask during a school assembly whose
birthday is celebrated by Christmas. Florey v. Sioux Falls School District, 1979.
Item: It is unconstitutional for the Ten Commandments to hang on the walls of a classroom. Stone
v. Graham, 1980; Ring v. Grand Forks Public School District,1980; Lanner v. Wimmer, 1981.
Item: A bill becomes unconstitutional even though the wording may be constitutionally
acceptable, if the legislator who introduced the bill had a religious activity in his mind when he
authored it. Wallace v. Jaffree, 1984.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to recite: "God is great, God is good, let us
thank Him for our food." Wallace v. Jaffree, 1984.
Item: It is unconstitutional for a graduation ceremony to contain an opening or closing prayer.
Graham v. Central Community School District, 1985; Disselbrett v. Douglas School District,
1986.
Item: In the Alaska public schools in 1987, students were told that they could not use the word
"Christmas" in school because it had the word "Christ" in it.
Item: In Virginia, a federal court ruled in 1987 that homosexual newspapers may be distributed on
a high school campus, but religious newspapers may not be.
Item: In 1987, a 185-year-old symbol of a Nevada city had to be changed because of its "religious
significance."
Item: In 1988, an elementary school principal in Denver removed the Bible from the school
library.
Item: In Colorado Springs, 1993, an elementary school music teacher was prevented from
teaching Christmas carols because of alleged violations of the separation of church and state.
Item: In 1996, ten-year-old James Gierke, of Omaha, was prohibited from reading his Bible
silently during free time in the Omaha schools.
Item: In 1996, the chief administrative judge of Passaic County, New Jersey, ruled juries could no
longer be sworn in using the Bible.
Item: In 2000, Ohio’s state motto, "With God, all things are possible," was ruled unconstitutional
by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals because it expressed "a uniquely Christian thought."
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