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| − | The Lemon test was set forth in 1971 by the U.S. Supreme Court to enforce 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.
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| − | The Lemon test is the tool by which atheists and others hostile to religion (particularly Christianity) censore it from public life. Privately, Chief Justice Warren Burger said he never intended for his Lemon test to be used so much against religion. Many Justices have since criticized the Lemon test and it seems destined to be discarded or overruled, as even the mere closure of schools on Sunday would apparently violate the test.
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