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‘Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News’Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
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Finally, in 1940, a full hearing was given by the Court to the case styled Minersville School District v. Gobitis.k An array of celebrated lawyers filed briefs in the case on both sides. J. F. Rutherford presented oral argument on behalf of Walter Gobitas and his children. A member of the law department of Harvard University represented the American Bar Association and the Civil Liberties Union in arguing against compulsory flag saluting. However, their arguments were rejected, and with only one dissenting vote, the Supreme Court, on June 3, ruled that children who would not salute the flag could be expelled from the public schools.
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‘Defending and Legally Establishing the Good News’Jehovah’s Witnesses—Proclaimers of God’s Kingdom
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Lillian and William Gobitas
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