... giving a family preventative ways of not getting pregnant. Which according to a statute of Connecticut is illegal. b. The Appellants say they were just exercising their First Amendment rights by distributing material with preventative measures to avoid pregnancy. IV. Lower Court Opinion a. The lower court found them guilty as accessories and fined $100 each against the claim that the accessory statutes as so applied ... violation of the Fourteenth Amendment. b. The appellate division of the circuit court affirmed. c. The Supreme Court of errors also affirmed. V. Issue a. Griswold and Bux...

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... School Prayer decision in 1962. But in the years since, suicides among the same group have increased 253%, or an average of 10.5% per year. (CE) III. The Religious Freedom Amendment, proposed in 1995 says: (CE - all) A. Would allow student-sponsored prayer in public schools, but prohibit government from making/saying prayers on their behalf, and from forcing anyone to join ... as they are not compelled to join in such speech. 2. in the same way, a large group of students could not censor the religious speech of a smaller number. D. The Religious Freedom Amendment follows the same standa...

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... funds for church sponsored schools. II - Students/Parents Stand Up A - Parents and students opposed to mandatory school prayer. 1 - Programs set up 2 - Students leave class during prayer time 3 - Violation of first amendment rights III - Supreme Court Cases A - Engel vs. Vitale (decision on June 25, 1962) 1 - 1962 - New York State 2 - NYS Board of Regents (same one as today) a - recommended each morning students recite ... unconstitutional - legal end to all school prayer. 6 - These two cases established that school prayer was in general offensive to many different groups and should be ...

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