Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Precedents:
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Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971): A government action must: 1)relect a clearly
secular purpose, 2)have a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits
religion, and 3)avoid excessive government entanglement with religion.
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Cornelius v. NAACP Legal Defense (1985): The school district, like the
private owner of property, may legally preserve the property under its
control for the use to which it is dedicated.
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City Council of Los Angeles v. Taxpayers for Vincent (1984): The First
Amendment forbids the government to regulate speech in ways that favor some
viewpoints or ideas at the expense of others.
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Widmar v. Vincent (1981): The Court suggested that the interest of the
State in avoiding an Establishment Clause violation may be a compelling one
justifying an abridgment of free speech otherwise protected by the First
Amendment, but permitting use of university property for religious purposes
under the open access policy involved there would not be incompatible with
the Court's Establishment Clause cases.