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Quotation from Lemon v. Kurtzman by Supreme Court of the United States
“Ordinarily, political debate and division, however vigorous or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of the principal evils against which the First Amendment was intended to protect.”
Lemon v. Kurtzman, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Burger), Part IV (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Burger identifies the political divisiveness of recurring school-aid appropriations as a further form of entanglement.
Citation: "Ordinarily, political debate and division, however vigorous or even partisan, are normal and healthy manifestations of our democratic system of government, but political division along religious lines was one of the principal evils against which the First Amendment was intended to protect." — Supreme Court of the United States, Lemon v. Kurtzman, Opinion of the Court (Chief Justice Burger), Part IV (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id lemon-v-kurtzman-q4)
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