Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. United States Navy
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1DissentRogers, Circuit Judge
The Establishment Clause prevents “the Government’s placing its official stamp of approval upon one particular kind of prayer or one particular form of religious services,” Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, 429, 82 S.Ct. 1261, 8 L.Ed.2d 601 (1962), and ensures that “all creeds ... be tolerated and none favored,” Lee v. Weisman, 505 U.S. 577, 590, 112 S.Ct. 2649, 120 L.Ed.2d 467 (1992); see McCreary County v. Am. Civ. Liberties Union of Ky., 545 U.S. 844, 860, 125 S.Ct. 2722, 162 L.Ed.2d 729 (2005). A governmental accommodation for religion may violate the Establishment Clause if it “singles out…
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