Students At An Ariz. Public Charter School Are Being Taught Religious Belief In Government Class, So Americans United Filed Suit

“All things were created by God, therefore upon Him all mankind are equally dependent, and to Him they are equally responsible.” That sentence appears in a required textbook used in the American Government class at Heritage Academy, a public charter school for seventh through twelfth graders with three campusus near Phoenix, Ariz.

The sentence is one of twenty-eight “Principles of Liberty” that all students must memorize, recite aloud for the class, and repeat in written homework. Other Principles include:

*“The only reliable basis for sound government and just human relations is Natural Law” (that is, God’s law).

 * “Without religion the government of a free people cannot be maintained.”

 * “To protect human rights, God has revealed a code of divine law” (the Old Testament).....
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