Lee v. Weisman Precedents:
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Lynch v. Donnelly (1984): A government may not coerce anyone to support
or participate in religion or its exercise, or otherwise act in a way which
establishes a religion or religious faith or tends to do so.
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Engel v. Vitale (1962): It is no part of the business of government to
compose official prayer for any group of the American people to recite as a
part of a religious program carried only government.
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Marsh v. Chambers (1983): The Court condoned a prayer exercise for a
session of a state legislature.
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Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971): A government practice must: 1)reflect 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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Board of Education of Westside v. Mergens (1990): The Court recognizes
that, at graduation time and throughout the course of the educational
process, there will be instances when religious values, religious practices,
and religious persons will have some interaction with the public schools and
their students.
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Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing (1947): The Establishment Clause
forbids not only state practices that aid one religion or prefer one
religion over another but also those that aid all religions.