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ACLU BRIEFING PAPER on CHURCH and STATE
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) attorney, Danny Lampley won the suit against the Pontotoc school board. This is the ACLU's look at the history of religious liberty and the relationship between church and state.

IMPORTANT SCHOOL PRAYER RULINGS
Landmark rulings on school prayer; part of a full site devoted to the film, SCHOOL PRAYER: A COMMUNITY AT WAR.

THE FREEDOM FORUM
The Freedom Forum is a "nonpartisan, international foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people." Site includes up-to-date articles on the First Amendment, religion and media studies.

PARENT'S GUIDE to RELIGION in the PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Published by the National PTA and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, guide provides questions and answers intended to help parents understand religious liberty rights of students and the appropriate role for religion in the public school curriculum.

PEOPLE For the AMERICAN WAY
People For the American Way worked with the ACLU in supporting Lisa Herdahl's fight to eliminate the broadcast of religious prayer on the intercom at her children's Pontotoc public school.

PONTOTOC COUNTY HOME PAGE
The Pontotoc Chamber of Commerce site with links to information about the county's schools and churches.

PRESIDENT CLINTON on RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION in PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Memorandum from the President to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General on the subject of religious expression.

RELIGION in the U.S. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Non-sectarian site filled with diverse links on the subject of religious liberty.

RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION in PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Long list of articles, books, links, viewpoints, law and policy, polls and studies offering differing views and debate.

SECRETARY of EDUCATION'S STATEMENT on RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION
U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley's statement to American educators. Includes list of organizations that can answer questions on the topic.




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