Letter from MLK to Mr. Nagle

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Dear Mr. nagle, [Crossed out: Thank you for] Form para. 11 [Crossed out: It w Thank you for your concerned letter I am grateful to you] I am honored by your request that I comment on the Supreme Court's decision on the Prayer and Bible reading in school issue. [Crossed out: It is my understanding that the clearer] Your question reflects a wholesome concern for the moral statue of the children of our nation. It is my understanding that the Supreme Court's decision is [Crossed out: commissurate] consistent with the basic tennants of our Constitution which attempt to keep church and state separate. The Constitution was developed along these lines not out of [Crossed out: irreve] an irreverence for Christianity and Judaism [Inserted: or any other religion] but out of a desire to preserve religious freedom. In order that one religious faith [Crossed out: would] could not [Crossed out: supercede another attempt to] domintae another or dominate a government itself, the framers of the Constitution decided [Crossed out: choose] to have the government or state endorse no [Crossed out: official] single religion or set of religious beliefs. This has [Crossed out: almost insured] resulted in almost perfect religious freedom for all groups within our nation [Crossed out: . I believe] and think the Supreme Court's decision on Prayer and Bible reading is public, state-owned schoold is consistent with this tradition. [Crossed out: Sincerely your, MLK] MLK