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“Leaving Religion to Private Initiative Is Un-American”
When the Supreme Court ruled against state-mandated school prayer in public schools in 1962 in the case of Engel v. Vitale, several Congressmen protested the decision. In his support of the Supreme Court, President Kennedy encouraged Americans to pray privately, which further fueled the congressional backlash. Herblock criticized Congress’s proposal to mandate school prayer in this caricature of Senator James Glenn Beall of Maryland who led the call for an amendment to require school prayer.
“Leaving Religion to Private Initiative Is Un-American.” Published in the Washington Post, June 28, 1962. |