Establishment Clause: Difference between revisions

The Establishment Clause acts as a double security, prohibiting both control of the government by religion and political control of religion by the government.<ref name="20021226ReligiousFreedomEducationProject">{{cite web|author1=Charles C. Haynes (Director Religious Freedom Education Project)|title=History of Religious Liberty in America. Written for ''Civitas: A Framework for Civic Educatio'' (1991) by the Council for the Advancement of Citizenship and the Center for Civic Education.|url=https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/topics/freedom-of-religion/religious-liberty-in-america-overview/history-of-religious-liberty-in-america/|access-date=May 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525035716/https://www.freedomforuminstitute.org/first-amendment-center/topics/freedom-of-religion/religious-liberty-in-america-overview/history-of-religious-liberty-in-america/|archive-date=May 25, 2020|date=December 26, 2002}}</ref> By it, the [[federal government of the United States]] and, by later extension, the governments of all [[U.S. state|U.S. states]] and [[Territories of the United States|U.S. territories]], are prohibited from establishing or sponsoring religion.<ref name="20021226ReligiousFreedomEducationProject" />