Attorney General Rules Against Using Bibles in School

Posted on October 30, 2009 by lmharnisch
 
Oct. 30, 1909, Elgin Watch 
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Oct. 30, 1909, Bible 

 Aug. 1, 1947, Ulysses S. Webb
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Aug. 1, 1947, U.S. Webb

Oct. 30, 1909: California Atty. Gen. Ulysses S. Webb says: “When we force our citizens to pay for and send their children to public schools, where the Bible of another faith is read to them, I believe we come dangerously near intruding upon freedom of conscience.”

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