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Presently in America there are serious concern about issues dealing with the church and the state. The main issue is the within the United States, dealing with predominantly with the First Amendment and how Americans respond to this amendment. Throughout histo ....

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.... certain things and how schools can get around the separation between church and state. The First Amendment is being violated by allowing public officials(teachers) to direct prayer in schools. The reason that this is a violation is because prayer, bible readings and moments of silence are prohibited in public school systems. The First Amendment has many different interpretations that people are attaching to it. People took this amendment to mean that the government was not intended to be banned from assisting religion or was intended to be erased from public or government officials. The Supreme Court case off 1962, Engel versus Vit ....