the.com/establishment clause
the first amendment's polite way of telling the government to stay out of the pulpit.
means the constitutional provision barring the government from creating an official religion or favoring one faith over others.
from drafted by james madison in 1791 as part of the bill of rights, reacting to europe's history of state churches and colonial america's own religious taxes and tests.
exact textcongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
sister clausepaired with free exercise clause, same sentence
key testlemon test named after a 1971 supreme court case
modern fightsschool prayer, ten commandments displays, nativity scenes