The Amish parents remove their willing children from school after the eighth grade, and thus before the age permitted by law, and the city charges the children with truancy, levies a fine, and detains them in a juvenile detention facility. Followers of the White Aryan Church wish to remove their children from school by the eighth grade, and thus before the age permitted by law. A family belonging to a religious community that objects to sending their children to public schools at any level, and provides a complete course of home and church instruction in lieu of public education, insists on the right to withdraw all children of that religious community from the general school system. A family belonging to a religious community that objects to having their children taught any of the physical sciences insists on the right to withdraw all children of that religious community from the general school system during the time that those classes are taught. In order to reduce the federal deficit, the President-elect announces in early December a plan to curtail sharply the number of chaplains employed on military bases.
Base commanders are to determine which religious communities are to be represented.
The United States Marine Corps adopts a rule which forbids the wearing by personnel in uniform any outwardly visible religious symbols of any kind, including pins or patches with religious insignia. A member of the United States Air Force who belongs to a religious community that prohibits the covering of the head objects to the military requirement regarding headcoverings in uniform. In oder to reduce the federal deficit, the President-elect announces a plan to eliminate any federal costs in connection with religious observances in federal prisons. No special rooms will be set aside, and no special security will be provided. Thus, if the warden determines that a religious gethering requested by inmates would impose any added cost on the prison budget, the request shall be denied by the warden.