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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND

blue laws— laws designed to restrict or ban certain activities on Sundays, to promote that day for Christian religious worship. establishment clause— the wording in the First Amendment of the Constitution that prohibits Congress from establishing or favoring any particular religion. free exercise clause— the wording in the First Amendment of the Constitution that prohibits the government from making laws that restrict religious worship or practices. state religion— a religion that is officially endorsed by the government.

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