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Quotation from Lemon v. Kurtzman by Supreme Court of the United States
“It is enough for me that the States and the Federal Government are financing a separable secular function of overriding importance in order to sustain the legislation here challenged. That religion and private interests other than education may substantially benefit does not convert these laws into impermissible establishments of religion.”
Lemon v. Kurtzman, Opinion of Justice White, concurring in part and dissenting in part (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice White states why he would uphold the aid programs.
Citation: "It is enough for me that the States and the Federal Government are financing a separable secular function of overriding importance in order to sustain the legislation here challenged. That religion and private interests other than education may substantially benefit does not convert these laws into impermissible establishments of religion." — Supreme Court of the United States, Lemon v. Kurtzman, Opinion of Justice White, concurring in part and dissenting in part (excerpt) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id lemon-v-kurtzman-q6)
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