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22. Yes - it took that SCOTUS ruling in the '60s to reaffirm the Constitution

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 11:23 AM

15 hrs ago

The first case was -

Engel v. Vitale forbidding requiring prayer in school

And the second originated in a school system a few miles from where I live and put an exclamation point on the first case -

School District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp

And yup, the Catholic Bible has a bunch of extra chapters not in the Protestant ones (and there are many Protestant versions)

IOW, there would be a "battle over Bibles", something that was a trigger for riots here in Philly as noted here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3650011

And then there is the Torah and the Koran - both as bookends to the Christian Bible.

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Yes - it took that SCOTUS ruling in the '60s to reaffirm the Constitution BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago #22

Besides the "extra books" (Apochrypha) in the Catholic Bible, wnylib 14 hrs ago #24

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