Published: October 1, 1995

Current Events in Brief

Silence Law Upheld

In a ruling this summer, a federal district judge found that the Georgia law allowing schools to start each day with a moment of silence does not violate the U.S. Constitution's ban on government establishment of religion. Gwinnett County social studies teacher Brian Bown had challenged the law after he was fired for refusing to observe his school's moment-of-silence policy. [See "Current Events,'' October 1994.] Lawyers for the teacher say they plan to appeal the decision.

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