separation of church and state
noun phrase
: the act or state of keeping government and religion separate from each other
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With elegance and a measured tone, Wild Wild Country charts an extremely turbulent but strangely forgotten era of American history, one that was influential in the country’s still-raging debate about the separation of church and state.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
The suit argues that the law violates a U.S. Supreme Court precedent, pointing to the Stone v. Graham case in which the court overturned a similar state law, holding that the separation of church and state bars public schools from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 19 July 2024
And a healthy separation of church and state was key to ensuring those freedoms.
—Steven K. Green, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
One of the most influential rulings came in 1971 when the Supreme Court ruled in Lemon v. Kurtzman that constitutional protections requiring the separation of church and state apply to public schools.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 31 July 2024
The suit argues that the law violates a U.S. Supreme Court precedent, pointing to the Stone v. Graham case in which the court overturned a similar state law, holding that the separation of church and state bars public schools from posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 19 July 2024
And a healthy separation of church and state was key to ensuring those freedoms.
—Steven K. Green, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
One of the most influential rulings came in 1971 when the Supreme Court ruled in Lemon v. Kurtzman that constitutional protections requiring the separation of church and state apply to public schools.
—Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
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