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Re “Justices Allow Church Club to Meet in School,” June 12: The Supreme Court has always prohibited any government-sponsored endorsement of religion. What is troubling about the decision in the Good News Club case is that its practical effect will be to give very young children the clear impression that a public school, which is a branch of government, endorses the proselytizing activities of a particular religion. When elementary school grounds become religious recruitment centers, children will be hard-pressed to discern any difference between the objectives of the public school system and the goals of missionaries seeking religious converts.
Edward Tabash
National Legal Committee Chair
Americans United for
Separation of Church
and State, Beverly Hills
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