Established Church
A church that has been delcared by law to be the official church of the Realm.
What is an established church?
The name of the Test used to determine if an action by any level of government violates the Establishment Clause.
What is the Lemon Test?
The man who wrote the letter coining the phrase "separation between Church and State."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The case that dealt with the question of whether the state of Pennsylvania could reimburse Catholic and other non-public schools for certain instructional expenses.
What is the Lemon V. Kurtzman case?
A Religious group can use government facilities so long as the government facility is open to all similarly situated groups. True or False
What is "True"?
Disagreeing with the official church over doctrines such as baptism.
What is Heresy?
When it is true that the statue has a religious purpose, not a secular purpose.
What violates the Establishment Clause?
The practice the Established Church used to protect itself from the obviously false claim that the church was not responsible for the actual shedding of blood when they determined someone was a heretic.
What was the handing over a heretic to the state to be executed?
The case that dealt with the long standing practice of hiring a legislative chaplain to say a prayer every morning that Nebraska legislature was in session.
What is the Marsh V. Chambers case?
It is a violation of the Establishment Clause to allow religious schools to participate in educational-choice programs like vouchers or tax credits. True or False
What is "False"?
An alternative church that is tolerated by the one true church.
What is a "chapel" or "meeting house"?
One of the Lemon Tests that affects the growth of religion.
What is the test, "the statue has a principal or primary effect that advances or inhibits religion"?
Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to this church explaining why he did not declare days of Thanksgiving and prayer.
Who was the "Danbury Baptist Association"?
The case that dealt with the constitutionality of a state law that required Alabama public schools to hold a "moment of silence" each day.
What is the Wallace V. Jaffree case?
Everyone has the right to participate in public life as a candidate, a voter, or an activist for any reason. True or False
What is True?
A criminal offense often punishable by death by the official church.
What is heresy?
The clause that is violated if a statue requires the government to become excessively entangled with religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
Thomas Jefferson was writing to the Baptist to explain why he did not declare these types of days.
What are Thanksgiving and prayer.
The Supreme Court ruling on the Marsh V. Chambers case allowed this.
What is prayer?
In Harris V. McRae, the Supreme Court rejected an Establishment Clause challenge to the Hyde amendment, which bans all federal funding of abortion. True or False
What is True?
This is mandatory at an official church and is enforced with fines and punishments.
What is attendance?
The case that made it possible for the Supreme Court to rule on the Establishment Clause questions without going to the trouble of determining the founders' original intent.
What is the Lemon V. Kurtzman case?
The core idea of this Clause is not to separate all things religious from public life. Rather it was meant to ensure that our nation would never have an official church.
What is the Establishment Clause?
The provision of the lemon test that the Supreme court decided was being violated in the Wallace V. Jaffree case.
What is the "statue has a religious purpose, not a secular purpose"?
A law banning abortion enacts a religious belief into our law and violates the Establishment Clause. True or False
What is False?