Supreme Court Rulings about Separation of Church and State

"Through the years in our nation the First Amendment has constructed a wall between church and state. That wall must be kept high and impregnable. We could not approve the slightest breach."

 A strong statement that has caused many arguments and court cases in America pertaining to
a clear separation of church and state.

This announcement from our Supreme Court in 1947 in a case Everson v. Board of Education was the first occasion on which the Court declared there to be a separation of church and state in the First Amendment.

Following that ruling some 62 years ago, the Court began to unravel the fabric of American society by reversing a long-standing national tradition.

Using that 1947 ruling, look at what has happened in America since then.

A verbal prayer offered in a school is unconstitutional, even if it is both voluntary and denominationally neutral. Engel v. Vitale, 1962

Freedom of speech and press is guaranteed to students unless the topic is religious, at which time such speech becomes unconstitutional. Collins v. Chandler Unified School District, 1981

If a student prays over his lunch, it is unconstitutional for him to pray aloud. Reed v. van Hoven, 1965

It is unconstitutional for a kindergarten class to recite: "God is great, God is good, let us thank Him for our food." Wallace v. Jaffree, 1985

It is unconstitutional for a Board of Education to use or refer to the word "God" in any of its official writings. State of Ohio v. Whisner, 1976

And the list goes on through the years. Have the judges on our courts not read the First Amendment and the intent as established by our Founding Fathers?