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Educating teachers, schools on religious rights

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The Rutherford Institute has launched its annual campaign to educate educators and the public on the U.S. Constitution.

Institute founder John Whitehead explains the need for the campaign, which is designed to teach the ABCs of the Constitution in the classroom.

"[T]here are groups out there that for years have been peppering...and hammering the schools that there's is an absolute separation of church and state in America, and [that] you can't do Christmas in the schools, you can't pass out religious literature, you can't have Christian clubs," says the attorney, who points out that the latter argument violates the Equal Access Act and constitutes a violation of federal law.

According to Whitehead, schools "buy into it too often" when those groups persist in harassing school authorities.

In terms of constitutional religious rights it is even worse, according to Whitehead, who says usually children--and sometimes teachers--are denied their rights.

"Recent studies show that students and teachers as well don't know anything about the Constitution -- they don't know anything about the Bill of Rights, essentially," he observes. "Barely three or four percent can even pass the immigration exam that 93 percent of foreigners can pass."

Educators, parents, and students can obtain a copy of the ABCs of the Constitution and ask for a copy of the Bill of Rights by going to The Rutherford Institute's website.