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  2. Freedom of religion in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Problems also arise in U.S. public schools concerning the teaching and display of religious issues. In various counties, school choice and school vouchers have been put forward as solutions to accommodate variety in beliefs and freedom of religion, by allowing individual school boards to choose between a secular, religious or multi-faith ...

  3. Religion and politics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The First Amendment to the country's Constitution prevents the government from having any authority in religion, and guarantees the free exercise of religion. Many faiths have flourished in the United States, including imports spanning the country's multicultural heritage as well as those founded within the country, and have led the United ...

  4. Religious qualifications for public office in the United ...

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    Ruled by the British Empire until 1776, colonial America was dominated by English political and religious influence. In Maryland, Anglicanism was established as the official religion from 1702. The colony's Catholic subjects were barred from both voting and holding public office, although the right to worship privately was granted in 1712.

  5. Freedom of religion in North America by country - Wikipedia

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    The status of religious freedom in North America varies from country to country. States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the ...

  6. Readers debate if government leaders should let faith guide ...

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    The Founding Fathers were not all Christians; they understood the tyranny of religious monopoly and established a government of checks and balances, with a separation of church and state. Baptists ...

  7. Free Exercise Clause - Wikipedia

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    The Free Exercise Clause prohibits government interference with religious belief and, within limits, religious practice. [2] To accept any creed or the practice of any form of worship cannot be compelled by laws, because, as stated by the Supreme Court in Braunfeld v. Brown, the freedom to hold religious beliefs and opinions is absolute. [3]

  8. Opinion: America's secular government must not favor any ...

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    When people have religious freedom, society can improve and grow as they learn from each other, writes Rev. Robert Montgomery. Opinion: America's secular government must not favor any specific ...

  9. Religious discrimination in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Court investigated the history of religious freedom in the United States and quoted a letter from Thomas Jefferson in which he wrote that there was a distinction between religious belief and action that flowed from religious belief. The former "lies solely between man and his God," therefore "the legislative powers of the government reach ...