“Government sponsorship of religious activity, including prayer services, sacred symbols, religious festivals, and the like, tends to secularize the religious activity rather than make government more ethical or religious.” StatesGovernmentChurchReligiousPrayerActivitySacredIncludingSymbolsEthicalFestivalsSponsorship Book:Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context Source: Religious Liberty and the Secular State: The Constitutional Context