Before His Termination,Leaf Tells Milo That He Is Drafting a California

question 31

Multiple Choice

Before his termination,Leaf tells Milo that he is drafting a California law that would provide funding to his church because the church serves to protect trees and the environment in general.Milo tells Leaf that such a law would violate the establishment clause of the U.S.Constitution.Under what circumstances would a state law be permissible under the establishment clause?

• A)If it has a secular purpose.
• B)If the government can prove either 1)it has a secular legal purpose,2)has a primary effect of neither advancing nor inhibiting religion,or 3)does not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.
• C)If it has a secular legal purpose,has a primary effect of neither advancing nor inhibiting religion,and does not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.
• D)If the government can prove it does not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.
• E)If it has a secular purpose and does not foster an excessive government entanglement with religion.

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