FREEDOM OF RELIGION
1. Using government money to pay for lunches for poor kids in parochial
schools
Cochran v.Louisiana State Board of Education - constitutional
2-Erecting a manger scene at town hall with private
money
Lynch v. Donnelly - constitutional
3-Encouragement of prayer by school authorities
(for
example, at graduation or football games)
Engel v. Vitale - unconstitutional
4-Posting the Ten
Commandments on the wall of a public school classroom
Stone v. Graham - unconstitutional
5-Teaching
Creationism or intelligent design in a public high school biology
class
Kitzmiller v. Dover - unconstitutional
6-A public university giving money to students to start a
religious newspaper
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia - constitutional under certain circumstances
7-Rastafarians smoking pot as part of their
religion
Employment Division v. Smith - unconstitutional
8-The practice of polygamy
Davis v. Beason - unconstitutional
9-Bible Study after
school at a public high school
Good News Club v. Milford Central - constitutional if all religions are allowed
10-Flying a Christian flag in a public
park
Steven Hewett v. City of King - unconstitutional
schools
Cochran v.Louisiana State Board of Education - constitutional
2-Erecting a manger scene at town hall with private
money
Lynch v. Donnelly - constitutional
3-Encouragement of prayer by school authorities
(for
example, at graduation or football games)
Engel v. Vitale - unconstitutional
4-Posting the Ten
Commandments on the wall of a public school classroom
Stone v. Graham - unconstitutional
5-Teaching
Creationism or intelligent design in a public high school biology
class
Kitzmiller v. Dover - unconstitutional
6-A public university giving money to students to start a
religious newspaper
Rosenberger v. University of Virginia - constitutional under certain circumstances
7-Rastafarians smoking pot as part of their
religion
Employment Division v. Smith - unconstitutional
8-The practice of polygamy
Davis v. Beason - unconstitutional
9-Bible Study after
school at a public high school
Good News Club v. Milford Central - constitutional if all religions are allowed
10-Flying a Christian flag in a public
park
Steven Hewett v. City of King - unconstitutional