2000: By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court in Santa Fe
School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290, 309-310
…Affirmed that no government body can favor believers
over nonbelievers
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2000: By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court in Santa Fe
School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290, 309-310
…Affirmed that no government body can favor believers
over nonbelievers
by stating that no branch of government can
communicate the message to anyone that because of
either accepting or rejecting any religious belief “they are
outsiders, not full members of the political community,
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2000: By a 6 to 3 majority, the Supreme Court in Santa Fe
School District v. Doe, 530 U.S. 290, 309-310
…Affirmed that no government body can favor believers
over nonbelievers
by stating that no branch of government can
communicate the message to anyone that because of
either accepting or rejecting any religious belief “they are
outsiders, not full members of the political community,
and an accompanying message to adherents that they
are insiders, favored members of the political
community.”
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The Court in so doing adopted the 1984 language of
Justice O’Connor from her concurring opinion in Lynch v.
Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668, 688.
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The Court in so doing adopted the 1984 language of
Justice O’Connor from her concurring opinion in Lynch v.
Donnelly, 465 U.S. 668, 688.
The truth, then, is that the First Amendment was designed,
as Justice O’Connor has said, so that no branch of
government can “treat people differently based on the
God or gods they worship, or do not worship,
Board of Education of Kiryas Joel v. Grumet, 512 U.S. 687,
714 (1994).
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