How does one prove "an establishment of religion"?

One donates $20,000,000 to "protect" it.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

It does NOT say "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of a religion".

I haven't the slightest notion of what you meant.

Can you say it differently? I'm not real bright.

Thank you.

The church has redefined Marriage in the State of CA and, in so doing, potentially proven that Marriage is "an establishment of religion". Since neither Federal nor State constitution allows any law respecting that establishment, ALL marriage statutes should be summarily invalidated.

Think of establishment not as 'creation' but rather the usage in 1776, which was more of an underpinning or foundation or tenet.

Link to the First Amendment Center.

The Lemon test is the place from which most establishment cases depart.

I shudder to think what this current Court would do if it chose to decide any case or controversy involving the definition of marriage. That would be a final nail in the coffin.

As for the meaning of "establishment" in the matter of any religious institution contributing to a political cause, I agree that it's violative of the establishment clause. But, beyond San Francisco and the CASC there, I don't have a whole lot of faith that my view would be supported judically.

With all the things wrong in our country, in our world today, this is, indeed, distressing, but I'm still not convinced that fighting for marriage rights when The Defense Of Marriage Act is still in force just might be a misguided effort. I'd be working to overturn that Act before going after individual states. Just my opinion.

Since even the people proposing Prop 8 can't tell the difference between a Church and a State marriage, I would submit that the Lemon test resolves in favor of the opposition to the ballot measure.