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ERIC Number: EJ693852
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 2
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0271-6062
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Employees Wearing Religious Attire
Zirkel, Perry
Principal, v84 n2 p10-11 Nov-Dec 2004
While adherents to many religions can be identified by distinctive clothing or accessories, the wearing of such garb by teachers is not necessarily related to evangelism in the classroom. The following case and the accompanying question-and-answer discussion illustrate the problem of the principal caught between the rock of First Amendment establishment clause concerns, often in the form of laws prohibiting school employees from wearing religion-related apparel or jewelry, and the hard place of countervailing individual freedoms, including free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, and the Title VII protection against religious discrimination.
National Association of Elementary School Principals, 1615 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Tel: 800-386-2377 (Toll Free); Fax: 800-396-2377 (Toll Free); e-mail: naesp@naesp.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Establishment Clause; First Amendment
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