Jeremy Leaming has worked for nonprofit organizations in Washington, D.C., including People For the American Way, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, and the National Health Law Program.
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Neutrality, Religion
Even though the word neutrality does not appear in the Lemon test, many have interpreted the test’s commands to mean that government must be neutral in matters of religion.
Religious Right
The religious right movement began in the 1970s after Supreme Court decisions in First Amendment cases that invalidated public prayer and Bible readings in public schools.
Thornton v. Caldor(1985)
Thornton v. Caldor (1985) found a state law that gave employees an absolute right not to work on their chosen Sabbath violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment.