Madalyn Murray O Hair's 1963 Supreme Court Case

Thesis Statement~ Madalyn Murray O'hair's 1963 Supreme Court case victory removing religion from the public school system has had a directly observable effect on the breakdown of necessary teachings of ethics, morals and values at a very impressionable development period, which is leading to increased acts of juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, teen suicide, violence and disrespect for authority. The void created from the removal of religious teachings in public schools has exploded into school age tragedy and dysfunction.

Introduction ~ Madalyn Murray O'hair's is known as the woman who removed religious teachings from the public school system. Since her conviction to move religious teachings from public schools, she has been well known as "Americas most hated woman". O'hair was strongly disliked because of her …show more content…
In 1963, Baltimore district public school students were required to recite verses from the Holy Bible and multiple prayers. O'hair thought that religion and state should be separated, she felt students should not be exposed to religion in public schools. O'hair mentioned that in the first amendment, it stated that church and state should be separated, which made her argue about religious teachings in school being constitutional. O'hair strongly believed that this should not be a requirement and took her argument to court. O'hair filed a lawsuit against the school board of Baltimore and had those who agreed with the elimination of religious teachings from the public school learning system sign a petition. Unfortunately, O'hair's petition was dismissed, but her case was moved to the Maryland court of appeals. The court case resulted in an 8 to 1 decision in favor of Madalyn Murray O'hair, Making O'hair successful on legally eliminating a majority of religious teachings being taught in public