Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 7/31/1979

Colo v. Treasurer & Receiver General

Citations

392 N.E.2d 1195
378 Mass. 550

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upholding the state's practice of paying legislative chaplains in large part because of the practice's long history and tradition and because it did not present substantial \divisive political potential\
upholding the state’s practice of paying legislative chaplains in large part because of the practice’s long history and tradition and because it did not present substantial “divisive political potential”
upholding state payment of chaplain salaries under state and federal constitutions
expenditure of public funds to provide for chaplains for the Legislature not violative of art. 46, § 2
no impermissible entanglement where \[t]here is no evidence that the State has become embroiled in any difficult decisions about which religions are to be represented\
no impermissible entanglement where “[t]here is no evidence that the State has become embroiled in any difficult decisions about which religions are to be represented”

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Judges: Hennessey, Quirico, Kaplan, Wilkins, Liacos

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