Public Schools and the Inevitability of Religious Inequality

Authors

• Richard F. Duncan, University of Nebraska College of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1996

Citation

Brigham Young University Law Review (1996): 569-586.

Comments

Copyright 1996, Brigham Young University. Used by permission.

Abstract

This article discusses the political and social implications of current attempts to amend the Constitution to ensure "religious equality." Two specific proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitution will be analyzed--the Istook Amendment and the Hyde-Hatch Amendment. This article concludes that although the Hyde-Hatch Amendment is the more acceptable of the two, neither amendment achieves the elusive goal of ensuring religious equality.