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|facts='''Joseph Rutherford''' (1862 - 1942) saw a parallel between the Hitler salute in Nazi Germany (1933 - 1945) to the American schoolchildren saluting the American flag. | |facts='''Joseph Rutherford''' (1862 - 1942) saw a parallel between the Hitler salute in Nazi Germany (1933 - 1945) to the American schoolchildren saluting the American flag. | ||
'''Jehovah's Witnesses''' take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt | '''Jehovah's Witnesses''' take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" very religiously. | ||
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/west-virginia-state-board-of-education-v-barnette | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/west-virginia-state-board-of-education-v-barnette | ||
Revision as of 18:58, January 31, 2023
| West Virginia v. Barnette | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Citation | |
| Date decided | June 14, 1943 |
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Joseph Rutherford (1862 - 1942) saw a parallel between the Hitler salute in Nazi Germany (1933 - 1945) to the American schoolchildren saluting the American flag.
Jehovah's Witnesses take the commandment from Exodus 20, "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image" very religiously.
