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(1) Whether religious proposals, lite like any other, are subject, finally, to common experience and reason: and

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3. Thus whether or not the fundamental grounds for evaluation that public purposes imply are properly religious, they are, in any event, restricted to such grounds as can be validated by common experience and reason through public debate. They cannot be grounds derived from, or, better, validated by, any other authority. Therefore, religious persons of whatever
persuasion cannot expect their beliefs to be generally accepted as providing such fundamental grounds for evaluating public policies unless their beliefs themselves can be validated by common experience and reason and experience.