Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Ask a real Indiana Boilermaker about this Date:   3/6/2014 10:51:39 AM

“Purdue officials balked, saying the dedication (which uses the word “God”) could be considered a government endorsement of religion since it is a public institution. Without notifying the family, the university installed a plaque that only mentioned McCracken’s parents. That prompted other alumni to raise hell, and perhaps more importantly, to withhold their own donations. On Wednesday, Boilermaker bosses relented, allowing the original language…” - - [Foxnews.com, 05MAR14]

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” [The Constitution, Article the third [Amendment I]

1 - Purdue lacks any federal legislative (congressional) power to make a law respecting an establishment of religion.

2- Purdue prevented the free exercise thereof by the McCrakens.