![]() ![]() ![]() Schempp specifically contended that the statute violated his and his family’s rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. Law 1928) required that “t least ten verses from the Holy Bible read, without comment, at the opening of each public school on each school day.” The Abington case began when Edward Schempp, a Unitarian Universalist and a resident of Abington Township, Pennsylvania, filed suit against the Abington School District in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to prohibit the enforcement of a Pennsylvania state law that required his children, specifically Ellery Schempp, to hear and sometimes read portions of the Bible as part of their public school education. Schempp, today struck down, 8-1, rules requiring the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer or reading of Biblical verses in public schools. Supreme Court, in Abington School District v. Schempp Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained' Video: 'School District of Abington Township v. ![]()
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