Blaine Amendment

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf constitutional amendment proposal
gptkbp:adoptedBy many U.S. state constitutions
gptkbp:category education policy in the United States
U.S. constitutional law
gptkbp:debatedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blaine Amendment
gptkbp:influenced state constitutions
gptkbp:influencedBy anti-Catholic sentiment in 19th-century America
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkbp:purpose prohibit public funding for religious schools
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
separation of church and state
gptkbp:status not adopted at federal level
gptkbp:votingSystem failed to achieve required two-thirds majority in Senate
gptkbp:yearProposed 1875
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6