State ex rel. Finger v. Weedman

I dissent. The only question in this case is whether or not the reading of any part of the Bible by a teacher in a public school in this state during the sessions of the school and in the presence of the pupils is in violation of the Constitution of the state. In the affidavit for the writ of mandamus applied for, it is said that affiant refuses to have his son agree “to attend upon any public school or place of instruction where he is obliged to listen to the reading’ of any part of the Bible.” The moving’ affidavit does not so much as mention the Lord’s Prayer. Reading of *386the Bible alone is…