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Monday, March 26, 2012

Court upholds limits on religious messages in schools

Court upholds limits on religious messages in schools:


Court upholds limits on religious messages in schools

(03-26) 12:50 PDT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court left intact Monday two rulings by the federal appeals court in San Francisco that limit the ability of teachers and charter schools to spread religious messages in the classroom.
In one case, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a San Diego County school district's orders to a high school math teacher to remove large banners declaring "In God We Trust" and "God Shed His Grace on Thee."
Those inscriptions and others that longtime teacher Bradley Johnson displayed on his classroom wall amounted to a statement of religious views that the Poway Unified School


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