The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that the Government will neither establish a religion, nor prohibit its citizens from the free exercise of their chosen religion. The Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses prohibitions apply to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment. In Locke v. Davey, the Supreme Court considered whether the State of Washington may prohibit the distribution of a state-funded scholarship to a student enrolled in a devotional theology degree program. The Court held that the statute codifying the scholarship did not violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. . . .
