#24 FREEDOM OF RELIGION: CRASH COURSE GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

What does the establishment clause in the First Amendment prevent?

• Limiting assembly rights

• Restricting the press

• Prohibiting free speech

• Creating an official state church

What is the main purpose of the free exercise clause?

• To prevent prohibition of religious beliefs

• To endorse a state religion

• To prohibit human sacrifices

• To allow any religious practice

Which case established the three-prong test for evaluating laws related to religious freedom?

• Engel v. Vitale

• Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. Hialeah

• Lemon v. Kurtzman

• Roe v. Wade

What is the first prong of the Lemon test?

• The law must not create excessive entanglement

• The law must promote religious freedom

• The law must not inhibit religion

• The law must have a secular legislative purpose

Why is the Lemon test considered to leave a lot of wiggle room?

• It has a bright line rule

• It encourages future cases

• It is rarely used

• It always favors the state