Your Rights: Freedom of Religion

Question 1

A principal who leads a prayer at a graduation violates the First Amendment’s

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establishment clause.

Question 2

In Engel v. Vitale, why did the courts rule that prayer in schools was unconstitutional?

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The prayer was considered a religious activity.

Question 3

Which scenario is allowed under the free-exercise clause?

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A parent leads a prayer in a public park.

Question 4

Read the excerpt from the US Constitution.Congress shall make no law respecting . . . religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

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A woman is allowed to hold a religious meeting in a park.

Question 5

The First Amendment guarantees

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religious freedom.

Question 6

A student is praying alone in his public school cafeteria before lunch. This activity is acceptable according to the establishment clause because

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the school is not asking the student to pray.

Question 7

Which example violates the free-exercise Clause?

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stopping a religious group from buying a building based on their faith

Question 8

An activity passes the "Lemon Test” if it is

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secular, neutral, and free of entanglement.

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