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George Washington’s Letters to Religious Associations (1789, 1790) 79
George Washington’s Farewell Address (September 19, 1796) 82
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CIVIL RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION
IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE 85
Benjamin Franklin’s Constitutional Convention Address on Prayer (June 28, 1787) 87
Franklin D. Roosevelt Addresses the National Conference of Catholic Charities (October 4, 1933) 89
George Docherty’s “The New Birth of Freedom” (February 7, 1954) 92
Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Speech at the Islamic Center of Washington (June 28, 1957) 97
John F. Kennedy Discusses His Religious Faith (September 12, 1960) 100
John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address (January 20, 1961) 103
Prayer in Public Schools: Engel v. Vitale (June 25, 1962) 106
Public Space, Religious Displays: County of Allegheny v. ACLU (July 3, 1989) 112
Praying at Graduation: Lee v. Weisman (June 24, 1992) 123
Displaying the Ten Commandments: Van Orden v. Perry (June 27, 2005) 133
Petitioning God at Town Council: Town of Greece, New York v. Galloway (May 5, 2014) 143
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PUBLIC AID TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS 153
Public Aid for Private School Transportation: Everson v. Board of Education (February 10, 1947) 155
Public Funds for Parochial School Activities: Lemon v. Kurtzman (June 28, 1971) 162
Teen Pregnancy Awareness and Religious Providers: Bowen v. Kendrick (June 29, 1988) 171
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (August 22, 1996) 177
Funding Public Teachers in Religious Schools: Agostini v. Felton (June 23, 1997) 180
Executive Order Establishing the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives (January 29, 2001) 186
Public Vouchers for Private Schools: Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (June 27, 2002) 189
Excluding the Religious from State Scholarship Programs: Locke v. Davey (February 25, 2004) 197
Religiously Based Prison Reentry Programs: Americans United v. Prison Fellowship
(December 3, 2007) 200
Americans United for Separation of Church and State’s “The ‘Faith-Based’ Initiative” (n.d.) 206
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