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Line 1: − The '''Lemon test''' was set forth in 1971 by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] to enable suppression of nearly all public recognition of religion with an enormously expanded interpretation of the [[Establishment Clause]] of the [[First Amendment]]. ''[[Lemon v. Kurtzman]]'', 403 U.S. 602 (1971). The test requires that all federal and state laws (1) have a [[secular]] purpose, (2) a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits [[religion]], and (3) no excessive [[government]] entanglement with religion. If any law violates any part of this three-pronged test, then it will be stricken by the courts and declared unconstitutional.+ − − Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]] wrote the ''Lemon'' decision for the Court, but admitted privately that he never intended for it to be applied in the broad manner that it was.<ref>Dinner conversation between the late Chief Justice [[Warren Burger]] and [[Andrew Schlafly]] in late 1991.</ref> − − == References == − − <references/> − − [[Category:Religion and Politics]] − [[Category:First Amendment]] − [[Category: United States Supreme Court Cases]]
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#REDIRECT [[Lemon v. Kurtzman]]