HomeMy WebLinkAbout63-105 - Urging Prayer in Public SchoolsRESOLUTION N0. 63-105
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, EXPRESSING ITS CONCERN AND URGENTLY RECOMMENDING
THE ENACTMENT OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SO AS
TO PERMIT, AS DETERMINED BY THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE
RECITATION OF NONDENOMINATIONAL TYPE PRAYERS, ON A VOLUNTARY
BASIS, IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS COUNTY AND STATE.
WHEREAS, the trend of events and the interpretative decisions of this
nation's high tribunals with respect to the recitation of prayers in the public
schools have caused this Council, and many of the citizens of this City, to
be concerned in a very real sense; and
WHEREAS, while this Council is unalterably of the belief that no person,
whether he be adult or minor, should be subjected to the requirement of joining
in prayers of any character against his will, it is equally of the belief that
this privilege should not be denied or foreclosed to those who desire to partic-
ipate; and
WHEREAS, this Council, by these presents, elects to place itself on record
as being of the confirmed view that in school districts which so desire, the
permitted recitation of nondenominational type prayers of petition and thanks-
giving to a Supreme Being in the public schools would serve as a strong and
effective measure for good and a deterrent to the insidious spread of crime,
atheism, communism and materialism among our nation's youth; and
WHEREAS, although coming at a time somewhat removed from those days of
historic decision and the infant flourishing of this great republic, it is felt
that the recommendations herein made and the principle involved are as vital
and fundamental as any of those considered and acted upon by our founding fathers
in the formulation of the Constitution of the United States,and in the drafting
of the Constitution of the State of California, and merit the earnest and forth-
right consideration of the members of the legislative and executive branches
of our national and state governments;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Costa
enactment of amendments to the Constitution of the United States and the Con-
stitution of the State of California which will permit the recitation, as
determined by the local school districts, of nondenominational type prayers
Mesa,
as follows:
SECTION 1.
That
this
City
Council
urgently
advocates
and
recommends
the
enactment of amendments to the Constitution of the United States and the Con-
stitution of the State of California which will permit the recitation, as
determined by the local school districts, of nondenominational type prayers
to a Supreme Being, on a voluntary basis, in the public schools of this
country and state.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa is hereby
directed to prepare certified copies of this Resolution and transmit a copy
to representatives in Congress and in the State Legislature.
PASSED AM ADOPTED, this 21st day of October, 1963.
Mayor of t 4 be City of Costa Mtzk
ATTEST:
C try Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS.
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, C. K. PRIEST, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that
the above and foregoing Resolution No. 63-105 was duly and regularly passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 21st day of October, 1963•
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa, this 22nd day of October, 1963•
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa
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