California city honors Church-State Separation. (AU Bulletin).Acting on a suggestion from Americans United chapter activists in California, Mayor Francisco Alonso of Monterey Park Monterey Park, city (1990 pop. 60,738), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles; inc. 1916. It is a wholesale, retail, and financial services center. proclaimed pro·claim tr.v. pro·claimed, pro·claim·ing, pro·claims 1. To announce officially and publicly; declare. See Synonyms at announce. 2. April as State/Church Separation Month. On April 3, as part of the decree decree, in law, decision of a suit in a court of equity. It is the counterpart in equity of the judgment in a court of law, although in those jurisdictions where law and equity have merged, judgment is sometimes used to include both. , Monterey Park's mayor and city council urged all citizens to read the Constitution and several Supreme Court rulings "to discover for themselves [the principle's] unifying historic, legal and secular values." The proclamation An act that formally declares to the general public that the government has acted in a particular way. A written or printed document issued by a superior government executive, such as the president or governor, which sets out such a declaration by the government. also noted that the Constitution "is the founding document upon which our nation was conceived and is governed," and that the Founding Fathers "sought not to stifle religious practice or beliefs, but to convey that a government of the people is best preserved when the two entities are separated." The proclamation was also signed by Mayor Pro Tem [Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional." A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. Fred Balderrama, and Council Members David Lau and Sharon Martinez. The effort was part of a larger mailing by AU activists in the state, who wrote to local mayors and asked them for official proclamations in support of church-state separation. |
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