Maintain the Separation of Church and State!

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Send a message and rise in opposition to Senate Bill 114.

Requiring our public schools to permanently display the Ten Commandments in every public school classroom is blatantly unconstitutional and fundamentally at odds with the founding principles of our country. As soon as this law is passed, it will be challenged in the Courts and likely struck down, wasting taxpayer dollars as the State is forced to mount a futile defense.

Urge your elected officials to oppose SB114 – a bill requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools.

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Governor Greg Gianforte

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Subject Maintain the Separation of Church and State! Oppose Senate Bill 114

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I urge you, as my elected official, to vote no on Senate Bill 114. One of the bedrock principles of American Democracy is the separation of church and state. There’s a reason why that principle is codified in the First Amendment of the US Constitution, which provides that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. When our country was founded, religious persecution under state-sponsored churches was rampant, and our Founding Fathers wanted to ensure that such persecution would not find foothold in our country. Here in Montana, the same principle is found in Article II, Section 5 of our Constitution.

SB 114 blatantly violates the principle of separation of church and state by effectively imposing a Christian religious doctrine on public school children nearly every hour of the school day throughout their entire public school education.

As soon as this law is passed, it will be challenged in the Courts and likely struck down, wasting taxpayer dollars as the State is forced to mount a futile defense.

I urge you to vote No on SB 114.

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As soon as this law is passed, it will be challenged in the Courts and likely struck down, wasting taxpayer dollars as the State is forced to mount a futile defense.

I urge you to vote No on SB 114.

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