Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

Moines public schools, decided they were going to wear black armbands to school for a period of time in protest of the Vietnam war. The school board found out about the students’ plan to protest, and decided to put a ban on the wearing of black armbands on school property. If any student came to school wearing an armband, they would be suspended. The three students decided to come to school wearing the armbands, and they were suspended. The students decided to sue the school district, through…

meeting contained adults and students in the Des Moines school district who all had a similar goal, a truce between America and Vietnam. To portray their support the group decided to wear black armbands throughout the winter holiday season. Even though this is a peaceful protest, the Des Moines school district did commend these actions. The school district released this avowal on December 14th, “... any student wearing an armband to school would be asked to remove it… he would be suspended…

believe that sometimes the law creates more muddy water instead. The United States government has left the regulation of schools to the individual states and they have given liberal freedom to the individual school districts. As a result, districts will create policies and procedures that they see fit for running their school effectively. Unfortunately, the citizens of the district do not always see eye to eye with them and believe that the policies infringe upon their constitutional rights.…

dying and persecuted as a result. Nowadays people don’t die from debates like this, rather we take the dispute to the court system and challenge them. Arguably the most important decision America’s court system obtained on religious freedom is, Epperson v. Arkansas, we see how…

widely accepted among academics in varying degrees, over a century ago, however it is still not taught in many public schools in America. In my own experience with creation versus evolution, I was taught neither. I took Biology in my freshman year of high school, and I was taught nothing about human origins. I was somewhat okay with this because I knew that I went to a private school where many of the students and teachers had strongly religious views and that specifically did not really deter…