Which case is being described:In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that direct state aid could not be used to subsidize religious instruction. The Courts opinion stated that government aid to religious schools had to be secular in aim, and that an excessive government entanglement with religion should be avoided.

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE

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Which case is being described:In 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that direct state aid could not be used to subsidize religious instruction. The Court’s opinion stated that government aid to religious schools had to be secular in aim, and that an excessive government entanglement with religion should be avoided.

A	Lemon v. Kurtzman
B	Everson v. Board of Education
C	Aquilar v. Felton
D	Lawrence v. Texas

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -In Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that school-sponsored prayer in public schools violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which is an example of the Supreme Court limiting the free exercise of religion? Student religious groups must be allowed to meet on school grounds after hours.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Supreme Court ruled in June that Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a program that offers tuition for private education in rural towns where there are no public schools.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most Supreme Court justices have been Protestant Christians. These have included 33 Episcopalians, 18 Presbyterians, nine Unitarians, five Methodists, three Baptists, two Disciples of Christ, and lone representatives of various other denominations.

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USA HISTORY

THE 1970S 1969 1979

SUPREME COURT CASE ROE V WADE