Showing papers by "William P. Marshall published in 1999"
Journal Article•
TL;DR: The Symposium's purpose in determining the effects of obliterating a constitutional event was to establish that the '60s would not have happened if the Supreme Court had not abolished school prayer in Engel v. Vitall and Abington School District v. Schempp as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Shortly after the school prayer decisions/ the crime rate escalated and the counter-culture blossomed. This is not, I have been told, a simple coincidence. After all, how could anybody mug a pedestrian, smoke marijuana, or enjoy promiscuous sex after starting each school day with "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country."? No school prayer-no moral fiber. 3 ·It's that simple. The causal relationship is so obvious and those asserting the relationship should not be expected to advance empirical prooCS Okay. So, in accord with this Symposium's purpose in determining the effects of obliterating a constitutional event, the first thing we can establish is that the '60s would not have happened if the Supreme Court had not abolished school prayer in Engel v. Vitall and Abington School District v. Schempp.