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Secular purpose, a government action. this was paid for by private money. this is private money paid for this. and my question to you is how does this expressively entangle the government in religion, which is one of the prongs of the test. >> right. laura, so the entanglement part does not have to be part of it. there are three parts of the lemon test. and so it has to -- an action by the government has to pass each one of those three. >> okay. so in god we trust on the coins, is that also -- w...

Secular purpose, a government action. this was paid for by private money. this is private money paid for this. and my question to you is how does this expressively entangle the government in religion, which is one of the prongs of the test. >> right. laura, so the entanglement part does not have to be part of it. there are three parts of the lemon test. and so it has to -- an action by the government has to pass each one of those three. >> okay. so in god we trust on the coins, is that also -- w...

You are. great, great. so then thats why i would think that you would also be upset about the endorsement and advancement of religion by our government, which is absolutely unconstitutional because the motto "in god we trust" is about religion. there is no secular purpose. >> what religion does it endorse? >> so absolutely christianity. and i am happy to explain why its definitely christianity. >> let me just go through for our viewers which dont understand the lemon test, here are the three thi...

State senator. great to see both of you. that motto "in god we trust" really seems to send you over the edge and i want to kind of figure it out, understanding why you think its the establishment of religion in the united states. go ahead. >> well, i didnt say that it is the establishment of religion, but it is certainly the endorsement and the advancement of religion by our government. so it should send everybody over the edge if they value the u.s. constitution. and i do. >> which part of it? ...

Are you aware of the lemon test? you are. great, great. so then thats why i would think that you would also be upset about the endorsement and advancement of religion by our government, which is absolutely unconstitutional because the motto "in god we trust" is about religion. there is no secular purpose. >> what religion does it endorse? >> so absolutely christianity. and i am happy to explain why its definitely christianity. >> let me just go through for our viewers which dont understand the l...

Great to see both of you. that motto "in god we trust" really seems to send you over the edge and i want to kind of figure it out, understanding why you think its the establishment of religion in the united states. go ahead. >> well, i didnt say that it is the establishment of religion, but it is certainly the endorsement and the advancement of religion by our government. so it should send everybody over the edge if they value the u.s. constitution. and i do. >> which part of it? >> its very imp...

Secular purpose, a government action. this was paid for by private money. this is private money paid for this. and my question to you is how does this expressively entangle the government in religion, which is one of the prongs of the test. >> right. laura, so the entanglement part does not have to be part of it. there are three parts of the lemon test. and so it has to -- an action by the government has to pass each one of those three. >> okay. so in god we trust on the coins, is that also -- w...

You are. great, great. so then thats why i would think that you would also be upset about the endorsement and advancement of religion by our government, which is absolutely unconstitutional because the motto "in god we trust" is about religion. there is no secular purpose. >> what religion does it endorse? >> so absolutely christianity. and i am happy to explain why its definitely christianity. >> let me just go through for our viewers which dont understand the lemon test, here are the three thi...

Of law, judges have to mediate to competing and important values that our society holds dear. the court has struggled and in establishment clause jurisprudence to provide a consistent and comprehensive te. i think that is a fair statemen statement. the current dominant test is called the lemon test, and it asks whether the intent is to establish a religion, promote a religion, whether the effect is to help advance religion, and whether there is too much entanglement between state and religion. i...

Areas of law, judges have to mediate two competing and important values that our society holds dear. the court has struggled in establishment clause juris prudence to provide a consistent and comprehensive test. i think thats a fair statement. the current dominant test is called a lemon test, and it asks whether the intent is to establish religion, promote a religion, whether entanglement between state and religion. its proved a difficult test according to six justices at least and have -- never...