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Quotation from Abington School District v. Schempp by Supreme Court of the United States
“What our Constitution indispensably protects is the freedom of each of us, be he Jew or Agnostic, Christian or Atheist, Buddhist or Freethinker, to believe or disbelieve, to worship or not worship, to pray or keep silent, according to his own conscience, uncoerced and unrestrained by government.”
Abington School District v. Schempp, Dissent of Justice Stewart, Part VI (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Stewart states the principle on which he would decide the cases once fuller records showed whether any child was coerced.
Citation: "What our Constitution indispensably protects is the freedom of each of us, be he Jew or Agnostic, Christian or Atheist, Buddhist or Freethinker, to believe or disbelieve, to worship or not worship, to pray or keep silent, according to his own conscience, uncoerced and unrestrained by government." — Supreme Court of the United States, Abington School District v. Schempp, Dissent of Justice Stewart, Part VI (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id abington-school-district-v-schempp-q6)
Portrait: Official portrait of Associate Justice Tom C. Clark, Supreme Court of the United States (cropped), Unknown photographer, Public domain.
