Read the excerpt from the US Constitution. Congress shall make no law respecting . . . religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Which example violates this portion of Amendment I?

The First Amendment forbids the government from establishing an official religion and from preventing people from practicing their faith. A governor declaring a new state religion would make the government favor one religion, violating the establishment principle. The other examples describe personal religious choices or permitted religious expression, not the government establishing a religion.

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