Does a state regulation or practice affecting religion offend the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jaffe v. Alexis, 659 F.2d 1018 (9th Cir. 1981):
A state regulation or practice affecting religion will not offend the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment if: (A) it has a secular purpose; (B) its principal effect is one which neither advances nor inhibits religion; (C) it does not foster excessive government entanglement with religion. Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U.S. 602, 612-13, 91 S.Ct. 2105, 29 L.Ed.2d 745 (1971). 3
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