"The wall of separation between church and state is a metaphor based on bad history, a metaphor that has proved useless as a guide to judging. It should be frankly and explicitly abandoned." Chief Justice William Rehnquist, Time, December 9, 1991.

A recent ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court "declared that when religious rights clash with the government's need for uniform rules, the court will side with the government." Los Angeles Times, April 18, 1990.

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