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Linda Chavez

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Linda Chavez

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The amendment's language and how people usually understood it both supported the idea that the government protects the right to practice any religion. They did not support the idea that the government must keep religion completely out of public life.

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