The Michigan Legislature defeated the Harnley Bible Reading bill by a vote of 46 to 44.
This measure proved one of the most controversial of the present session and called for decision from Attorney General Brucker on the constitutionality of the bill. Public hearings were held on the measure at which Rabbi A. M. Hershman and Rabbi Leon Fram of Detroit appeared in opposition to it.
The measure, as amended in committee, called for Bible reading in the public schools and for excusing pupils for religious instruction elsewhere.
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