Litigation
Aug. 14, 2001
Time to Ponder Religious Freedom
Last month in the case of Brown v. Gilmore , the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Virginia's moment-of-silence statute, a ruling that now requires children in public schools in Virginia to begin each day with a moment of silence. While ostensibly drafted for a secular purpose, this statute is an ill-disguised effort to renew the effort to force prayer in our public schools.
Last month in the case of Brown v. Gilmore, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Virginia's moment-of-silence statute, a ruling that now requires children in public schools in Virginia to begin each day with a moment of silence. While ostensibly drafted for a secular purpose, thi...
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