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2008 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1151 (2008)
Installing Footbaths at the University of Michigan-Dearborn: Is the University Preventing Slip and Fall or Falling Further Down the Establishment Clause's Slippery Slope

handle is hein.journals/mslr2008 and id is 1159 raw text is: INSTALLING FOOTBATHS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN-DEARBORN: IS THE UNIVERSITY PREVENTING SLIP AND FALL OR FALLING FURTHER DOWN THE ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE'S SLIPPERY SLOPE? Lindsey Bosch* 2008 MICH. ST. L. REv. 1151 TABLE OF CONTENTS IN TRO DU CTION ......................................................................................... 1152 I. POOLING FIRST AMENDMENT PRECEDENT ........................................ 1155 A. The Free Exercise Clause: Freedom to Believe, Not Liberty to A ct ............................................................................................. 1 15 6 B. The Crumbling Wall of Separation between Church and State. 1159 C. Equal Access Equals Institutional Neutrality Among School G roup s ....................................................................................... 116 1 D. Maintaining the Barrier between Church and State: Four Establishm ent Clause Tests ....................................................... 1162 1. An Historical Analysis: A Retrospective Look at this Nation's Religious Custom s ............................................................... 1162 2. The Coercion Test: Protecting Religious Choice ................ 1164 3. The Lemon Test: A Three-Pronged Approach to Analyzing State and Religion ............................................................... 1165 4. The Endorsement Test: Examining Effects and Protecting Non- A dherents ............................................................................ 1168 11. EXAMINING THE FOOTBATHS' CONTEXT: DEARBORN AND WUDU ... 1172 A. Dearborn, Michigan and its Islamic Culture .............................. 1172 B. Wudu: A Muslim's Preparation for Prayer ................................ 1174 III. APPLYING FIRST AMENDMENT PRECEDENT TO THE UNIVERSITY'S FOOTBA TH S ....................................................................................... 1176 A. No Burden on Muslim Students' Freedom to Believe ............... 1177 B. The University of Michigan-Dearborn's On-Campus Affirmative Support for Islam ....................................................................... 1180 • Juris Doctor Candidate 2009, Michigan State University College of Law. The author would like to thank Professor Frank Ravitch and the Michigan State Law Review for their assistance and helpful comments in the writing and publishing of this Article.

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