A Seventh-Day Adventist Declined a Job That Required Him to Work

question 50

Multiple Choice

A Seventh-Day Adventist declined a job that required him to work on a Saturday,which is the holy day for Seventh-Day Adventists.Because he declined a job,the federal government denied him federal unemployment benefits.The Supreme Court would rule that this decision by the government was

• A)constitutional, because to single out the Adventist for special consideration would amount to an establishment of religion by the federal government.
• B)unconstitutional, because the Adventist had the right to his free exercise of religion.
• C)unconstitutional, because the First Amendment's right to assemble includes the right not to assemble for reasons of religious conscience.
• D)constitutional, because the establishment clause only applies to actions of state governments, not the federal government.
• E)unconstitutional, because under the Fourteenth Amendment all Americans, regardless of religion, have a right to unemployment benefits when they have no job.

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