High court rejects moment of silence case. (Legal Briefs).Late last year the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a challenge to a Virginia Virginia, state, United States Virginia, state of the south-central United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), North Carolina and Tennessee (S), Kentucky and West Virginia (W), and Maryland and the District of Columbia (N and NE). state law that required children to observe a minute of silence in schools. Virginia has defended its minute of silence by stressing that children can use the time as they see fit, providing they are quiet for the 60 seconds. The law was passed in 2000. The American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. challenged the law with a suit filed on behalf of seven students and their parents. The ACLU ACLU: see American Civil Liberties Union. argued that the minute of silence was "enacted specifically to facilitate and encourage school prayer." CNN.com CNN.com is the news website maintained by CNN. The website debuted on August 30 1995, and it describes itself as the first major news and information website on the Internet. It takes news from several news agencies and its own correspondents. CNN. contributed to this report |
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