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various synagogues in the Baltimore area.
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The objective of the Council is the promotion
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of amicable intergroup relations, particularly in the
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areas of interfaith and interracial relations.
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We respectfully suggest to the Commission that
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sound community relations necessitate the inclusion of
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two provisions in the proposed Declaration of Rights,
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namely, the First Amendment of the Federal Constitution
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dealing with the establishment of religion and religious
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freedom and the equal protection and due process pro-
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visions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
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It is our view that these great precepts of
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our Federal Constitution have served the nation well,
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and that their impact on the mores of the Americal people
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would be significantly enhanced if they were to be in-
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cluded in the constitution of every state. There may be
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some who will contend that since these provisions are
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presently binding in any event on local officialdom,
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their inclusion in a Maryland Declaration of Rights
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would be superfluous. But it must be remembered that a
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constitution is something more than a legal document
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