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1. What three actions are required with the Lemon Test as it relates to the Establishment Clause and the government support of religion? Your response should be at least 100 words in length.
2. Describe how the case, Employment Division v. Smith, 494 U.S. 872, (1990) provides for religious freedoms as it relates to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Your response should be at least 100 words in length.
3. Discuss James Madison's 1785 publication Memorial Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments as it relates to a 1784 General Assessment Bill proposed to the Virginia State Assembly. Your response should be at least 100 words in length.
4. Describe the two religious clauses found in the First Amendment. Your response should be at least 100 words in length.
5. Discuss the accommodationist approach and separationist approach as they relate to the textual meaning of the religious clauses in the First Amendment. Your response should be at least 100 words in length.
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Running head: FREEDOM OF RELIGION
Freedom of Religion
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FREEDOM OF RELIGION
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1. Lemon Test and the Establishment Clause
The lemon test was introduced in the Lemon v. Kurtzman case, where the judges
stipulated that the law set out in Rhode Island, which required partial compensation to parochial
teachers working in schools, violated the constitution (1971). When deciding, the courts came
up with a test that would be used when seeking to determine if a law infringes on the 1st
Amendment (Broida, 2018). The Establishment clause, on the other hand, obligates Congress
from endorsing any religion by making a law to that effect. The first action required seeks to
determine whether the law has a secular underpinning. If it is neutral, then it does not infringe
on the establishment clause (Broida, 2018). The second looks at whether the law upholds or
impedes any religion or religious activities, and if it does, then it contravenes the Establishment
clause. The third action focusses on whether too much government entanglement with religion
can be established.
2. Employment Division v. Smith, Religious Freedoms and RFRA
The court I the Smith case made a substantial leg...
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