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" Ordinarily political debate and division, however vigorous or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of the principal evils against which the First... "
Part 12, National Organizations: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on ... - Page 195
by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education - 1977 - 554 pages
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The Courts and Education, Volume 77, Part 1

Clifford P. Hooker - Education - 1978 - 416 pages
...require periodic legislative appropriations, would lead to bitter political strife along religious lines, "one of the principal evils against which the First Amendment was intended to protect."81 As a federal district court has recognized, the era from Lemon I (1971) to Pittenger (1975)...
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Report of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives ...

Legislative power - 1983 - 878 pages
...practice of employing legislative chaplains has ever created any of the political divisiveness which "was one of the principal evils against which the First Amendment was intended to protect." Nevertheless, the Eighth Circuit again summarily rejected the district court's conclusion and announced...
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Tuition Tax Credits: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Taxation ..., Part 1

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance. Subcommittee on Taxation and Debt Management - Tax credits - 1981 - 384 pages
...or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of...which the First Amendment was intended to protect." This bill could so entangle religion and politics that two centuries of progress in our country with...
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Permit Voluntary Prayer: Hearings ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutional amendments - 1982 - 548 pages
..."nondenominational" prayer.88 Its cure, however, is even worse than the disease. As the Court has observed, "political division along religious lines was one...which the First Amendment was intended to protect. "89 jn Enqel , for example. Justice Black traced the tumultuous history of The Book of Common Prayer,...
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Tuition Tax Credit Proposals: Hearing Before the ..., Volume 4; Volumes 81-84

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance - Private schools - 1982 - 412 pages
...or even partisan are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of...which the First Amendment was intended to protect." This bill could so entangle religion and politics that two centuries of progress in First Amendment...
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Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Permit Voluntary Prayer: Hearings ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutional amendments - 1982 - 518 pages
...but especially sectarian prayer as well. As the Supreme Court has observed, political divisions among religious lines was one of the principal evils against...which the first amendment was intended to protect. The lesson of history is that competition among religious sects has occasioned considerable civil strife....
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Nomination of William A. Wilson: Hearing Before the Committee on Foreign ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations - Ambassadors - 1984 - 196 pages
...or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of...which the First Amendment was intended to protect. . . . The potential divisiveness of such conflict is a threat to the normal political process. We have...
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Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary ..., Volumes 7-10

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies - Courts - 1983 - 1328 pages
...or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of...which the First Amendment was intended to protect. . . . The potential divisiveness of such conflict is a threat to the normal political process. Me have...
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Voluntary School Prayer Constitutional Amendment: Hearings Before the ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution - Prayer in the public schools - 1984 - 900 pages
...or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of...against which the First Amendment was intended to protect.74 Such fears are more than justified by this country's actual experience with school prayers,...
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The Tolerant Society

Lee C. Bollinger Dean University of Michigan Law School - Law - 1986 - 310 pages
...or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of...which the First Amendment was intended to protect — It conflicts with our whole history and tradition to permit questions of the Religion Clauses to...
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