Legal Opinion
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Obama
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
Decided April 15, 2010No. 08-cv-588-bbcPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION and ORDER
BARBARA B. CRABB, District Judge.
The role that prayer should play in public life has been a matter of intense debate in this country since its founding. When the Continental Congress met for its inaugural session in September 1774, delegate Thomas Cushing proposed to open the session with a prayer. Delegates John Jay and John Rutledge (two future Chief Justices of the Supreme Court) objected to the proposal on the ground that the Congress was “so divided in religious Sentiments ... that We could not join in the same Act of Worship.” Eventually, Samuel Adams convinced the…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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