...In 1962, the Court examined a simple twenty-two word prayer, first used to negate prayer in schools: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country." This simple prayer, said by children, acknowledged God. Americans' indifference allowed the removal...

...joined the parents of ten public school students in a suit claiming that a state-authored prayer — "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country" — was an unconstitutional establishment of religion. Supporting the ACLU position were amicus curiae...

...was composed by the Regents themselves and was intended to be nondenominational in content. It read: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers and our country." The prayer was intended to be optional for both the local school boards and for individual students....

...Congressional Action. 1962-1998 (1998) (Report No. 96-846A). 4 370 US 421 (1962). 5 374 US 203(1963). Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee,...upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country. Abington (and the companion case of Murray v. Curlett6) concerned state requirements that each school...

...Court, 370 US 421 ( 1962): A programme of daily classroom prayers in public schools in New York State essary, by other means of social protection. the observance of which on the part of students was voluntary, violated the First Amendment ('Congress...

...United States Supreme Court that it was unconstitutional. The prayer consisted of just twenty-two words: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country." The American Civil Liberties Union, which helped the five parents which brought the suit against the...

...that the following prayer be said aloud by each class of a public school at the beginning of the day: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our Country." 2 Id. at 430. financial support of government is placed behind a particular religious belief, the indirect...

...was gross." "The Regents' Prayer Case," 1 962 Supreme Court Review 1 , 2. 88. 370 US 421, 422 (1962): "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers and our Country." 89. Engel v. Vitale, 370 US 421, 242 (1962). The case was decided by a six to one vote; Justices Frankfurter...

...was that the so-called Regents' Prayer was a thoroughly innocuous invocation of divinity. It read: "Almighty God, We acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our Country." Unlike the Lord's Prayer, which some school districts in the United States used, the words tried to...

...opened by recitation of the following prayer, recommended by the Board of Regents in November, 1951: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon...upon us, our parents, our teachers and our country." At the time that the proposed prayer was released, the NYCLU, along with many civic organizations,...