Missouri declares Christianity its official religion.

[Steven Jamar]

is this much different from Reagan's [in]famous proclamation that we  
are Christian country?  The resolution seems not to be any sort of  
law with impact -- just some hortatory language about how school- 
sponsored prayer and public-sponsored creches should be allowed.

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>> From: Winston Calvert <winstoncalvert at sbcglobal.net>
>> Reply-To: w at wcalvert.com,        Law & Religion issues for Law  
>> Academics <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
>> To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics  
>> <religionlaw at lists.ucla.edu>
>> Subject: RE: Missouri declares Christianity its official religion.  
>> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 11:39:35 -0800 (PST)
>>
>> Here is the text of the resolution:
>>
>> SECOND REGULAR SESSION
>> House Concurrent Resolution No. 13
>> 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
>> 4572L.02I
>> http://www.house.state.mo.us/bills061/bills/hcr13.htm
>>
>> Whereas, our forefathers of this great nation of the
>> United States recognized a Christian God and used the
>> principles afforded to us by Him as the founding
>> principles of our nation; and
>>
>> Whereas, as citizens of this great nation, we the
>> majority also wish to exercise our constitutional
>> right to acknowledge our Creator and give thanks for
>> the many gifts provided by Him; and
>>
>> Whereas, as elected officials we should protect the
>> majority's right to express their religious beliefs
>> while showing respect for those who object; and
>>
>> Whereas, we wish to continue the wisdom imparted in
>> the Constitution of the United States of America by
>> the founding fathers; and
>>
>> Whereas, we as elected officials recognize that a
>> Greater Power exists above and beyond the institutions
>> of mankind:
>>
>> Now, therefore, be it resolved by the members of the
>> House of Representatives of the Ninety-third General
>> Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate
>> concurring therein, that we stand with the majority of
>> our constituents and exercise the common sense that
>> voluntary prayer in public schools and religious
>> displays on public property are not a coalition of
>> church and state, but rather the justified recognition
>> of the positive role that Christianity has played in
>> this great nation of ours, the United States of
>> America.
>>

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Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Towne v. Eisner, 245 U.S. 418, 425  
(1918)



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