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...Other separationists argue on religious grounds; they want to protect their own churches and their private beliefs from exploitation by politicians or demagogues. "Religious beliefs worthy of respect are the product of free and voluntary choice by the faithful," Justice John Paul Stevens, the Supreme Court's most ardent separationist, wrote in 1985. "Government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion...
...first set strict limits on the use of state funds that benefit religious institutions or activities. Justice Hugo Black, a Baptist, wrote that neither federal nor state governments "can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions or prefer one religion over another." That ruling marked a sharp separationist turn in court thinking. It unleashed a torrent of litigation that continues to flood courtrooms 44 years later. And in a succession of cases, the court drew the line ever more strictly...
...every issue, Haddad and Innis will debate in separate editorial columns. "As the crescendo of black-militant demands rises," writes Haddad, "it is becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish between the old-fashioned Strom Thurmond segregationist policy of 1948 and the modern Roy Innis separationist philosophy of 1968." Retorts Innis: "This society is racist and won't change." Nevertheless, the two have some grounds for agreement. "Roy and I," says Haddad, "are not such purists that we can't isolate a problem and discuss it. We can both agree, for instance, on the need for developing black institutions." They...
...decree was issued imposing fines and sentences of imprisonment, for persons who display any flag except the Spanish flag or use any language in public documents except the Spanish language. The measure is designed against the separationist movement in Catalonia. " One Kingdom, one flag, one language" is the policy of the Dictatorship...
Pashitch, Premier of the last legislature, made an ostensibly sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections by capturing 120 seats out of a possible 318, which will form the new Assembly (Narodna Skupshtina). His program is to strengthen . the unity of the State, now threatened by a separationist movement by Croatia; to improve further relations with Bulgaria; to keep a watchful eye on the Magyars; and to make Yugo- slavia the strongest military power in the Balkans. This is not a peaceful policy, and success is purely hallucinatory...
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