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'''Ceremonial deism''' is a [[legal]] |
'''Ceremonial deism''' is a [[legal]] concept used in the [[United States]] to allow federal support of nominally religious statements and practices by classifying them as technically non-religious, but merely ritual through long customary usage. The minimum known time period necessary to qualify as 'long and customary' is 14 years, as demonstrated when the concept was used to make the decision of the ''[[Aronow v. United States]]'' case in 1970, in which the phrase "In God We Trust" was not found to be unconstitutional as a national motto or in its use on currency, both of which were signed into law in 1956. (Prior to that legislation, the motto had not been used in the 180 years since the declaration in 1776.) |
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Other examples of ceremonial deism include the reference to God introduced into the [[Pledge of Allegiance]] in 1954. |
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| ⚫ | The term was coined in 1962 by the then-dean of [[Yale Law School]], [[Eugene Rostow]], and has been used since 1963 by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] to assess exemptions from the [[Establishment Clause of the First Amendment|Establishment Clause]] of the [[First Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Neither of the |
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| ⚫ | The term was coined in 1962 by the then-dean of [[Yale Law School]], [[Eugene Rostow]], and has been used since 1963 by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] to assess exemptions from the [[Establishment Clause of the First Amendment|Establishment Clause]] of the [[First Amendment]] to the [[U.S. Constitution]]. Neither of the two examples above have yet been ruled upon by the Supreme Court. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 06:47, 18 November 2007
Ceremonial deism is a legal concept used in the United States to allow federal support of nominally religious statements and practices by classifying them as technically non-religious, but merely ritual through long customary usage. The minimum known time period necessary to qualify as 'long and customary' is 14 years, as demonstrated when the concept was used to make the decision of the Aronow v. United States case in 1970, in which the phrase "In God We Trust" was not found to be unconstitutional as a national motto or in its use on currency, both of which were signed into law in 1956. (Prior to that legislation, the motto had not been used in the 180 years since the declaration in 1776.)
Other examples of ceremonial deism include the reference to God introduced into the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.
The term was coined in 1962 by the then-dean of Yale Law School, Eugene Rostow, and has been used since 1963 by the Supreme Court of the United States to assess exemptions from the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Neither of the two examples above have yet been ruled upon by the Supreme Court.