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Constitutional Law,
Letters

Sep. 21, 2022

Separation of church and state – is it a right or a suggestion?

When a public school even inadvertently forces a student to choose between their family's beliefs, religious or otherwise, and a school board's "party line," it can feel to the student like they are being forced to abandon their family.

Kris Whitten

Retired California deputy attorney gener

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Thanks to Mr. Moskovitz for his Coercing Religion - Part Two (Daily Journal 9/19/22).

Even at my advanced age, I remember that peer pressure among kids is real and can be harmful. When a public school even inadvertently forces a student to choose between their family's beliefs, religious or otherwise, and a school board's "party line," it can feel to the student like they are being forced to abandon their family. After all, attending...

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