Edgerton Bible Case
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title:
Edgerton Bible Case
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State ex rel. Weiss v. District Board, 76 Wis. 177 (1890), popularly known as the Edgerton Bible case, was an important court case involving religious instruction in public schools of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The case was unanimously decided in favor of the appellants, and declared that the use of the King James Bible in Edgerton public schools was unconstitutional sectarian education.
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1890 Wisconsin Supreme Court case about religious instruction in public schools
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgerton_Bible_Case
date created:
2008-11-03T19:53:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:17:02Z
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