25
Jun
The North Carolina constitution similarly prohibited from office those who denied “the truth of the Protestant religion” or who held “religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the State.” However, as already noted, this was not a rejection of Roman Catholics in general, just of those who embraced doctrines “subversive of a [...]
18
Jun
In nine western states, courts ruled it constitutional for public schools to require a three week indoctrination to the Islamic faith in which all junior high students must pretend they are Muslims and offer prayers to Allah (they are further encouraged to take Islamic names, call each other by those names, wear Islamic garb, participate [...]
11
Jun
In 1959, Eisenhower presented a second civil rights bill to Congress. That bill was met with unyielding opposition in the House by Democratic Representative Howard Smith of Virginia, Chairman of the House Rules Committee. In fact, Smith would actually disappear from Congress for weeks on end in order to keep his committee from acting [...]
4
Jun
These failures by McClellan to obey Lincoln’s wishes are perhaps explained by the fact that this Democratic Union General held opinions about slavery and blacks that were not much better than those of the Democrats in the South against whom he was fighting. For example, when southern slaves escaped from their masters and fled to [...]
