The Myth Of Church And State

October, 1992

"The First Amendment's religion clauses mean that religious beliefs and religious expression are too precious to be either proscribed or prescribed by the state. The design of the Constitution is that preservation and transmission of religious beliefs and worship is a responsibility and a choice committed to the private sphere. [Of concern are] school officials, whose effort to monitor prayer will be perceived by the students as inducing d participation they might otherwise reject."--S...