Court rulings on religion. (News) The Christian Century | June 16, 1993 | COPYRIGHT 1993 The Christian Century Foundation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

THE U.S. Supreme Court in several recent rulings has given attention to the perpetually contested borders between church and state. Acting in the midst of the public high school graduation season, the court has handed a partial, and perhaps only temporary, victory to supporters of state-sponsored prayer in the schools. At the same time, the court solidified its line of reasoning on the delicate "equal access" issue in a ruling applauded by those on both sides of the church-state separation barrier.

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