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The '''Blaine Amendment''' was proposed in 1875 by [[James G. Blaine]], a Republican Congressman from Maine and future presidential candidate. It was an amendment to the federal Constitution that would forbid the public funding of private, denominational schools. <ref> Despite reports to the contrary, it did ''not'' require or mention Bible reading in the public schools.</ref> The proposal was never voted upon and did not become part of federal law, although several states did put similar provisions in their state constitutions.
The '''Blaine Amendment''' was proposed in 1875 by [[James G. Blaine]], a Republican Congressman from Maine and future presidential candidate. It was an amendment to the federal Constitution that would forbid the public funding of private, denominational schools.<ref>Despite reports to the contrary, it did ''not'' require or mention Bible reading in the public schools.</ref> The proposal was never voted upon and did not become part of federal law, although several states did put similar provisions in their state constitutions.
The Blaine Amendment read:
The Blaine Amendment read:
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
* Deforrest, Mark Edward. "An Overview and Evaluation of State Blaine Amendments: Origins, Scope, and First Amendment Concerns." ''Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.'' Volume: 26#2 2003. pp 551+. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002005576 online version]
* Deforrest, Mark Edward. "An Overview and Evaluation of State Blaine Amendments: Origins, Scope, and First Amendment Concerns." ''Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy.'' Volume: 26#2 2003. pp 551+. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=5002005576 online version]
* Green, Steven K. "The Blaine Amendment Reconsidered," ''The American Journal of Legal History,'' Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan., 1992), pp. 38-69 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9319(199201)36%3A1%3C38%3ATBAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 in JSTOR]
* Green, Steven K. "The Blaine Amendment Reconsidered," ''The American Journal of Legal History,'' Vol. 36, No. 1 (Jan., 1992), pp. 38–69 [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9319(199201)36%3A1%3C38%3ATBAR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2 in JSTOR]
* Read, Margery. "The Blaine Amendment and the Legislation It Engendered: Nativism and Civil Religion in the Late Nineteenth Century." PhD dissertation U. of Maine 2004. 248 pp. DAI 2005 66(1): 314-A. DA3159835
* Read, Margery. "The Blaine Amendment and the Legislation It Engendered: Nativism and Civil Religion in the Late Nineteenth Century." PhD dissertation U. of Maine 2004. 248 pp. DAI 2005 66(1): 314-A. DA3159835
* Viteritti, Joseph P. "Blaine's Wake: School Choice, the First Amendment, and State Constitutional Law," ''Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy,'' Vol. 27, 2003.
* Viteritti, Joseph P. "Blaine's Wake: School Choice, the First Amendment, and State Constitutional Law," ''Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy,'' Vol. 27, 2003.