Example Sentences

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That’s where the nonestablishment clause puts a cap, and it says our government can’t favor one religion over any other, or religion over nonreligion.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

You have to back up to the two clauses in the First Amendment: the free exercise clause and the nonestablishment clause, and they work together to promise religious freedom.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

It’s not as if nonestablishment candidates have never been adept on debate stages.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2016