bowen kendrick argued march decided june group federal taxpayers clergymen american jewish congress hereinafter appellees filed action federal district seeking declaratory injunctive relief challenging constitutionality religion clauses first amendment adolescent family life act afla act authorizes federal grants public nonprofit private organizations agencies services research area premarital adolescent sexual relations pregnancy act provides inter alia grantee must furnish certain types services including various types counseling education relating family life problems associated adolescent premarital sexual relations complexity problem requires involvement religious charitable organizations voluntary associations groups private sector well governmental agencies grantees may use funds certain purposes including family planning services promotion abortion federal funding act gone wide variety recipients including organizations institutional ties religious denominations granting summary judgment appellees declared act face applied violated establishment clause insofar provided involvement religious organizations federally funded programs held act face violate establishment clause pp regard first factor applicable test set forth lemon kurtzman afla valid secular purpose face act shows motivated primarily entirely legitimate purpose eliminating reducing social economic problems caused teenage sexuality pregnancy parenthood although act amending predecessor increased role religious organizations programs sponsored act challenged provisions also motivated entirely legitimate secular concerns attempting enlist aid groups private sector increase community involvement pp second lemon factor act primary effect advancing religion authorizes grants institutions capable providing certain services adolescents requires potential grantees describe involve organizations including religious organizations funded programs however requirement grantees affiliated religious denomination services provided act religious character act approach toward dealing adolescent sexuality pregnancy inherently religious although may coincide approach taken certain religions provisions expressly mentioning role religious organizations reflect congress considered judgment religious organizations help solve problems act addressed congress found prevention adolescent sexual activity pregnancy depends primarily upon developing close family ties seems sensible congress recognize religious organizations influence family life extent congressional recognition effect advancing religion effect incidental remote moreover extent religious institutions along types organizations allowed participate recipients federal funds nothing act face suggests anything neutral respect grantee status sectarian purely secular institution possibility afla grants may go religious institutions considered pervasively sectarian sufficient conclude grants whatsoever given religious organizations act necessarily effect advancing religion religiously affiliated afla grantees providing educational counseling services adolescents authorizes teaching religious grantees matters fundamental elements religious doctrine crucial symbolic link government religion statute lacks express provision preventing use federal funds religious purposes pp regard third lemon factor act create excessive entanglement church state monitoring afla grants necessary ensure public money spent way congress intended way comports establishment clause however reason assume religious organizations may receive afla grants pervasively sectarian sense parochial schools held cases finding excessive entanglement accordingly reason fear less intensive monitoring involved cause government intrude unduly operations religiously affiliated grantees pp case remanded consideration whether statute applied violates establishment clause pp appellees standing raise claim afla unconstitutional applied federal taxpayers standing raise establishment clause claims exercises congressional power taxing spending power article constitution flast cohen merit appellants contention challenge afla applied really challenge executive action claim afla funds used improperly individual grantees less challenge congressional taxing spending power simply funding authorized congress flowed administered secretary health human services valley forge christian college americans separation church state schlesinger reservists committee stop war distinguished pp merits applied challenge district follow proper approach assessing appellees claim secretary making grants act violate establishment clause although record contains evidence specific incidents impermissible behavior grantees case must remanded consideration evidence insofar sheds light manner statute presently administered concludes evidence presented grants made secretary violation establishment clause appropriate remedy require secretary withdraw approval grants pp rehnquist delivered opinion white scalia kennedy joined filed concurring opinion post kennedy filed concurring opinion scalia joined post blackmun filed dissenting opinion brennan marshall stevens joined post together bowen secretary health human services kendrick et kendrick et al bowen secretary health human services et families america kendrick et also appeal solicitor general fried argued cause appellant nos federal appellee briefs assistant attorney general willard acting assistant attorney general spears deputy solicitor general ayer deputy assistant attorney general cynkar lawrence robbins michael jay singer jay bybee theodore hirt michael mcconnell argued cause appellant briefs edward grant clarke forsythe paul arneson michael woodruff janet benshoof argued cause appellees nos appellants briefs lynn paltrow nan hunter rachael pine bruce ennis fn briefs amici curiae urging reversal filed attorney general arizona et al gary born james campbell catholic league religious civil rights et al steven frederick mcdowell institute youth advocacy gregory loken national jewish commission law public affairs nathan lewin dennis rapps national right life committee james bopp rutherford institute et al john whitehead david morris alfred lindh ira still iii william hollberg randall pentiuk thomas strahan william bonner john southworth charles bundren catholic conference mark chopko philip harris briefs amici curiae urging affirmance filed american public health association et al john hall nadine taub judith levin baptist joint committee public affairs et al oliver thomas committee public education religious liberty leo pfeffer council religious freedom lee boothby robert nixon rolland truman national coalition public education religious liberty et al david isbell david remes herman schwartz legal defense education fund et al sarah burns marsha levick briefs amici curiae filed league et al ruti teitel justin finger jeffrey sinensky meyer eisenberg steven freeman catholic charities et al patrick francis geary unitarian universalist association et al patricia hennessey chief justice rehnquist delivered opinion litigation involves challenge federal grant program provides funding services relating adolescent sexuality pregnancy considering federal statute face applied district ruled statute violated establishment clause first amendment insofar provided involvement religious organizations federally funded programs conclude however statute unconstitutional face determination whether grants made pursuant statute violate establishment clause requires proceedings district adolescent family life act afla act pub stat et seq ed supp iv passed congress response severe adverse health social economic consequences often follow pregnancy childbirth among unmarried adolescents supp iv like predecessor adolescent health services pregnancy prevention care act pub tit vi stat title vi afla essentially scheme providing grants public nonprofit private organizations agencies services research area premarital adolescent sexual relations pregnancy hereinafter senate report grants intended serve several purposes including promotion self discipline prudent approaches problem adolescent premarital sexual relations promotion adoption alternative adolescent parents establishment new approaches delivery care services pregnant adolescents support research demonstration projects concerning societal causes consequences adolescent premarital sexual relations contraceptive use pregnancy child rearing pertinent part grant recipients provide two types services care services provision care pregnant adolescents adolescent parents prevention services prevention adolescent sexual relations afla leaves secretary health human services secretary define exactly types services grantee must provide see statute contains listing necessary services may funded services include pregnancy testing maternity counseling adoption counseling referral services prenatal postnatal health care nutritional information counseling child care mental health services perhaps importantly present purposes educational services relating family life problems associated adolescent premarital sexual relations drawing afla determining services provide act congress well aware problems adolescent premarital sexual relations pregnancy parenthood multiple complex indeed congress expressly recognized legislative governmental action alone insufficient uch problems best approached variety integrated essential services provided adolescents families family members religious charitable organizations voluntary associations groups private sector well services provided publicly sponsored initiatives shall use methods strengthen capacity families deal sexual behavior pregnancy parenthood adolescents make use support systems family members friends religious charitable organizations voluntary associations line purposes afla also imposes limitations use funds grantees first afla expressly funds provided demonstration projects statute may used family planning services counseling referral services unless appropriate family planning services otherwise available community second afla restricts awarding grants programs projects provide abortions abortion counseling referral except program may provide referral abortion counseling adolescent parents request referral finally afla grants may made projects programs advocate promote encourage abortion since afla adopted secretary received grant applications awarded grants brief federal appellant funding gone wide variety recipients including state local health agencies private hospitals community health associations privately operated health care centers community charitable organizations undisputed number grantees subgrantees organizations institutional ties religious denominations see app listing grantees lawsuit secretary filed district district columbia appellees group federal taxpayers clergymen american jewish congress seeking declaratory injunctive relief appellees challenged constitutionality afla grounds face applied statute violates religion clauses first amendment following summary judgment district held appellees declared afla invalid face applied insofar religious organizations involved carrying programs purposes act supp dc first found flast cohen appellees standing challenge statute face applied turning merits district applied test establishment clause cases set forth lemon kurtzman concluded afla valid secular purpose prevention social economic injury caused teenage pregnancy premarital sexual relations view however afla survive second prong lemon test direct immediate effect advancing religion insofar expressly requires grant applicants describe involve religious organizations provision services statute also permits religious organizations grantees envisions direct role organizations education counseling components afla grants written afla makes possible religiously affiliated grantees teach adolescents issues considered fundamental elements religious doctrine afla without imposing restriction whatsoever teaching religion qua religion inculcation religious beliefs federally funded programs district put presume afla counselors religious organizations put beliefs aside counseling adolescent matters part religious doctrine simply unrealistic citing grand rapids school district ball district concluded statute applied also runs afoul lemon effects test evidence presented appellees revealed afla grants gone various organizations affiliated religious denominations corporate requirements organizations abide religious doctrines afla grantees explicitly affiliated organized religions religiously inspired dedicated teaching dogma inspired district view record clearly established afla administered secretary fact directly advanced religion provided funding institutions pervasively sectarian allowed federal funds used education counseling amounts teaching religion ibid entanglement prong lemon ruled afla funds used largely counseling teaching require overly intrusive monitoring oversight ensure religion advanced religiously affiliated afla grantees indeed felt impossible comprehend entanglement extensive continuous necessitated afla separate order filed august district ruled constitutionally infirm language afla namely references religious organizations app juris statement severable act pursuant alaska airlines brock also denied secretary federal rule civil procedure motion clarify meant religious organizations purposes determining scope injunction day order entered appellants docketed appeal merits directly pursuant separate appeal district august order also docketed appellees severability issue november noted probable jurisdiction three appeals consolidated cases argument ii district lawsuit held afla unconstitutional face applied cases establishment clause area explicitly distinguished facial challenges statute attacks statute applied several cases clearly involved challenges statute face example edwards aguillard considered validity louisiana creationism act finding act facially invalid indeed case clear facial challenge considered act implemented cases well considered validity statutes without benefit record statute actually applied see wolman walter committee public education religious liberty nyquist cases course determining constitutionality statute referred language statute also manner administered practice levitt committee public education religious liberty meek pittenger see also grand rapids school district ball supra aguilar felton several cases expressly recognized otherwise valid statute authorizing grants might challenged grounds award grant particular case impermissible hunt mcnair involved challenge south carolina statute provided issuance revenue bonds assist institutions higher learning constructing new facilities plaintiffs case contest validity statute whole contended statutory grant religiously affiliated college invalid tilton richardson reviewed federal statute authorizing construction grants colleges exclusively secular educational purposes rejected contention statute invalid face applied four colleges named defendants case however leave open possibility statute might authorize grants invalid stating ndividual projects properly evaluated challenges arise respect particular recipients evidence presented show institution fact possess sectarian characteristics might make grant aid institution constitutionally impermissible see also roemer maryland bd public works upholding similar statute authorizing grants colleges facial attack pretermitting question whether particular applications may result unconstitutional use funds precedent area constitutional law distinguishing validity statute face validity particular applications although opinions even adverted say nothing explicitly delineated consequences distinction face applied context think justify district approach separating two issues said turn consider whether district correct concluding afla unconstitutional face previous cases involving facial challenges establishment clause grounds edwards aguillard supra mueller allen assess constitutionality enactment reference three factors first articulated lemon kurtzman lemon standard guides general nature inquiry area mueller allen supra may invalidate statute motivated wholly impermissible purpose lynch donnelly stone graham primary effect advancement religion estate thornton caldor requires excessive entanglement church state lemon supra walz tax consider factors turn see clear face statute afla motivated primarily entirely legitimate secular purpose elimination reduction social economic problems caused teenage sexuality pregnancy parenthood see ed supp iv appellees dispute whole religious concerns sole motivation behind act see lynch supra said afla lacks legitimate secular purpose see edwards aguillard however appellees argued real purpose afla understood reference afla predecessor title vi appellees contended congress impermissible purpose adopting afla specifically amended title vi increase role religious organizations programs sponsored act particular pointed fact afla unlike title vi requires grant applicants describe involve religious organizations programs funded afla district rejected argument however reasoning even assumed afla motivated part improper concerns parts statute appellees object also motivated entirely legitimate secular concerns agree conclusion district correctly pointed congress amended title vi number ways importantly present purposes attempting enlist aid religious organizations also family members charitable organizations voluntary associations groups private sector addressing problems associated adolescent sexuality see also cf title vi problems adolescent sexuality best approached variety integrated essential services congress decision amend statute way reflects entirely appropriate aim increasing community involvement helping adolescent boys girls understand implications premarital sexual relations pregnancy parenthood see senate report adopting afla congress expressly intended expand services already authorized title vi insure increased participation parents education support services increase flexibility programs spark development new innovative services legitimate secular goals furthered afla additions title vi including challenged provisions refer religious organizations simply evidence congress actual purpose passing afla one endorsing religion see edwards aguillard position doubt congress expressed purposes sincere sham usual establishment clause cases see grand rapids school district ball mueller supra difficult question whether primary effect challenged statute impermissible address question however useful review afla sets simply stated authorizes grants institutions capable providing certain care prevention services adolescents complexity problems congress sought remedy potential grantees required describe involve organizations including religious organizations programs funded federal grants see also requirement act grantees affiliated religious denomination although act clearly rule grants religious organizations services provided afla religious character see supra suggestion religious institutions organizations religious ties uniquely well qualified carry services certainly true substantial part services listed necessary services act involve sort education counseling see nothing inherently religious activities appellees contend afla necessary services somehow primary effect advancing religion finally clear afla takes particular approach toward dealing adolescent sexuality pregnancy example two stated purposes promote self discipline prudent approaches problem adolescent premarital sexual relations promote adoption alternative approach inherently religious although may coincide approach taken certain religions given statutory framework two ways statute considered face might said impermissible primary effect advancing religion first argued afla advances religion expressly recognizing religious organizations role play addressing problems associated teenage sexuality senate report view even religious institution receives aid funding pursuant afla statute invalid establishment clause among things expressly enlists involvement religiously affiliated organizations federally subsidized programs endorses religious solutions problems addressed act creates symbolic ties church state secondly argued afla invalid face allows religiously affiliated organizations participate grantees subgrantees afla programs standpoint act invalid authorizes direct federal funding religious organizations given afla educational function fact afla viewpoint may coincide grantee viewpoint sexual matters result unavoidably impermissible inculcation religious beliefs context federally funded program consider former objection first noted previously afla expressly mentions role religious organizations four places problems teenage sexuality best approached variety integrated essential services provided adolescents families among others religious organizations federally subsidized services emphasize provision support among others religious charitable organizations afla programs shall use methods strengthen capacity families make use support systems religious organizations grant applicants shall describe involve religious organizations among groups provision services act putting aside moment possible role religious organizations grantees provisions statute reflect congress considered judgment religious organizations help solve problems afla addressed see senate report nothing previous cases prevents congress making judgment recognizing important part religion religious organizations may play resolving certain secular problems particularly congress found prevention adolescent sexual activity adolescent pregnancy depends primarily upon developing strong family values close family ties seems quite sensible congress recognize religious organizations influence values influence family life including parents relations adolescent children extent congressional recognition effect advancing religion effect incidental remote see lynch estate thornton caldor nyquist addition although afla require potential grantees describe involve religious organizations provision services act also requires grantees describe involvement charitable organizations voluntary associations groups private sector view reflects statute successful maintenance course neutrality among religions religion grand rapids school district ball brings us second ground objecting afla fact allows religious institutions participate recipients federal funds afla defines eligible grant recipient public nonprofit private organization agency demonstrates capability providing requisite services provision indicate fairly wide spectrum organizations eligible apply receive funding act nothing face act suggests anything neutral respect grantee status sectarian purely secular institution see senate report religious affiliation criterion selection grantee regard afla similar statutes upheld establishment clause challenges past roemer maryland bd public works example upheld maryland statute provided annual subsidies directly qualifying colleges universities state including religiously affiliated institutions plurality stated religious institutions need quarantined public benefits neutrally available discussing everson board education approving busing services equally available public private school children board education allen upholding state provision secular textbooks public private school students similarly tilton richardson approved federal higher educational facilities act intended congress provide construction grants colleges universities regardless affiliation sponsorship religious body hunt mcnair rejected challenge south carolina statute made certain benefits available institutions higher education south carolina whether religious affiliation cases involving indirect grants state aid religious institutions found important aid made available regardless whether ultimately flow secular sectarian institution see witters washington dept services blind mueller allen everson board education supra walz tax note addition never held religious institutions disabled first amendment participating publicly sponsored social welfare programs contrary bradfield roberts upheld agreement commissioners district columbia religiously affiliated hospital whereby federal government pay construction new building grounds hospital effect refused hold mere fact hospital conducted auspices roman catholic church sufficient alter purely secular legal character corporation particularly absence allegation hospital discriminated basis religion operated way inconsistent secular charter view giving federal aid hospital entirely consistent establishment clause fact hospital religiously affiliated wholly immaterial ibid propriety holding long history cooperation interdependency governments charitable religious organizations reflected legislative history afla see charitable organizations religious affiliations historically provided social services support communities without controversy course even challenged statute appears neutral face always careful ensure direct government aid religiously affiliated institutions primary effect advancing religion one way direct government aid might effect aid flows institutions pervasively sectarian stated hunt id normally may thought primary effect advancing religion flows institution religion pervasive substantial portion functions subsumed religious mission lawsuit nothing face afla indicates significant proportion federal funds disbursed pervasively sectarian institutions indeed contention substantial risk institutions receiving direct aid undercut afla facially neutral grant requirements wide spectrum public private organizations capable meeting afla requirements fact eligible religious institutions many deserve label pervasively sectarian case like grand rapids challenged aid flowed almost entirely parochial schools case state shared time program directed specifically providing certain classes nonpublic schools schools actually participated program found pervasively sectarian see also nyquist practically schools entitled receive grants religiously affiliated meek pittenger instead litigation closely resembles tilton roemer foreseeable proportion recipients government aid religiously affiliated small portion considered pervasively sectarian cases upheld challenged statutes face applied institutions named complaints left open consequences ensue allowed federal aid go institutions fact pervasively sectarian tilton roemer tilton roemer think possibility afla grants may go religious institutions considered pervasively sectarian sufficient conclude grants whatsoever given statute religious organizations think district wrong concluding otherwise agree district afla necessarily effect advancing religion religiously affiliated afla grantees providing educational counseling services adolescents course said establishment clause prohibit indoctrination beliefs particular religious faith grand rapids supra accordingly struck programs entail unacceptable risk government funding used advance religious mission religious institution receiving aid see meek supra nothing prior cases warrants presumption adopted district religiously affiliated afla grantees capable carrying functions afla lawful secular manner context aid pervasively sectarian institutions invalidated aid program grounds substantial risk aid religious institutions knowingly unknowingly result religious indoctrination grand rapids supra meek supra contrast aid flow religiously affiliated institutions pervasively sectarian roemer refused presume used way primary effect advancing religion roemer refused presume used way primary effect advancing religion roemer must assume colleges exercise delegated control use funds compliance statutory therefore constitutional mandate think type presumption district applied case simply unwarranted stated roemer practice considering facial challenges statutes kind strike anticipation particular applications may result unconstitutional use funds see also tilton supra also disagree district conclusion afla invalid authorizes teaching religious grant recipients matters fundamental elements religious doctrine harm premarital sex reasons choosing adoption abortion issue sensitive important teenage sexuality surprising government secular concerns either coincide conflict religious institutions possibility even likelihood religious institutions receive afla funding agree message congress intended deliver adolescents afla insufficient warrant finding statute face primary effect advancing religion see lynch brennan dissenting harris mcrae alignment statute religious views grantees run afoul proscription fund ing specifically religious activity otherwise substantially secular setting hunt facially neutral projects authorized afla including pregnancy testing adoption counseling referral services prenatal postnatal care educational services residential care child care consumer education etc specifically religious activities converted activities fact carried organizations religious affiliations yet another reason invalidating parts afla district found involvement religious organizations act impermissible effect creating crucial symbolic link government religion citing grand rapids adopt district reasoning argued time government aid program provides funding religious organizations area organization also interest impermissible symbolic link created matter whether aid used solely secular purposes jeopardize government aid religiously affiliated hospitals example ground patients perceive symbolic link hospital part whose religious mission might save lives whatever government entity subsidizing purely secular medical services provided patient decline adopt district reasoning conclude litigation whatever symbolic link might fact created afla disbursement funds religious institutions sufficient justify striking statute face final argument advanced striking afla effects grounds fact statute lacks express provision preventing use federal funds religious purposes cf tilton roemer supra clearly provision statute easier conclude statute face said primary effect advancing religion see roemer supra never stated statutory restriction constitutionally required closest came holding tilton struck provision statute eliminated government sanctions violating statute restrictions religious uses funds years reason however limit sanctions created risk religious institution years act longer constitutional statutory limitations use federally funded building aspect decision tilton thus intended indicate constitutional limitations use federal funds embodied statutory restriction simply expire point economic life benefit grantee received government litigation although express statutory limitation religious use funds also intimation statute point grantees religious uses permitted contrary senate report afla use adolescent family life act funds promote religion teach religious doctrines particular sect contrary intent legislation note addition afla requires grantee undergo evaluations services provides also requires grantees make reports concerning use federal funds secretary may require application requirements act well require potential grantees disclose detail exactly services intend provide provided provisions taken together create mechanism whereby secretary police grants given act ensure federal funds used impermissible purposes unlike grant programs aid might given grants without ongoing supervision government programs established authority afla monitored determine whether funds effect used grantees way advance religion given statutory scheme think absence express limitation use federal funds religious purposes means statute face primary effect advancing religion course brings us third prong lemon establishment clause test question whether afla leads excessive government entanglement religion lemon quoting walz tax doubt monitoring afla grants necessary secretary ensure public money spent way congress intended way comports establishment clause accordingly litigation presents us yet another argument supervision aid assure religion renders statute invalid see aguilar felton rehnquist dissenting powell concurring interaction entanglement effects tests forces schools tread extremely narrow line roemer white concurring judgment reasons entanglement prong lemon test much criticized years see aguilar felton supra dissenting wallace jaffree rehnquist dissenting lynch donnelly concurring lemon supra white concurring dissenting cases divided entanglement part lemon test involved aid parochial schools aguilar felton example finding excessive entanglement rested large part undisputed fact elementary secondary schools receiving aid pervasively sectarian substantial purpose inculcation religious values quoting nyquist see also expressly distinguishing roemer hunt tilton cases involving aid institutions pervasively sectarian aguilar feared adequate level supervision require extensive permanent monitoring threaten freedom religious belief adherents denomination freedom adherents denomination contrast reason assume religious organizations may receive grants pervasively sectarian sense held parochial schools accordingly reason fear less intensive monitoring involved cause government intrude unduly operation religiously affiliated afla grantees unquestionably secretary review programs set run afla grantees undoubtedly involve review example educational materials grantee proposes use secretary may also wish government employees visit clinics offices afla programs carried see whether fact administered accordance statutory constitutional requirements view type grant monitoring amount excessive entanglement least context statute authorizing grants religiously affiliated organizations necessarily pervasively sectarian sum somewhat lengthy discussion validity afla face concluded statute valid secular purpose primary effect advancing religion create excessive entanglement church state note proper given traditional presumption favor constitutionality statutes enacted congress conclusion statute violate establishment clause consistent conclusion congress reached course deliberations afla senate committee report committee view provisions involvement religious organizations afla violate constitutional separation church state recognizing limitations government dealing problem complex moral social dimensions committee believes promoting involvement religious organizations solution problems neither inappropriate illegal senate report iii turn consider whether district correctly ruled afla unconstitutional applied first task regard consider whether appellees standing raise claim flast cohen held federal taxpayers standing raise establishment clause claims exercises congressional power taxing spending power article constitution although considered problem standing article iii limitations federal jurisdiction many times since consistently adhered flast narrow exception created general rule taxpayer standing established frothingham mellon accordingly case dispute appellees standing raise challenge afla face disputed however whether appellees also standing challenge statute applied answer question turns decision valley forge christian college americans separation church state valley forge ruled taxpayers standing challenge decision secretary health education welfare hew dispose certain property pursuant federal property administrative services act stat amended et seq rejected taxpayers claim standing two reasons first source complaint congressional action decision hew transfer parcel federal property second property transfer taxpayers complain exercise authority conferred taxing spending clause art appellants contend appellees standing case deficient former reason argue challenge afla applied really challenge executive action exercise congressional authority taxing spending clause think however appellees claim afla funds used improperly individual grantees less challenge congressional taxing spending power simply funding authorized congress flowed administered secretary indeed flast suit secretary hew given authority challenged statute administer spending program congress created subsequent cases notably tilton questioned standing taxpayer plaintiffs raise establishment clause challenges even claims raised questions administratively made grants see tilton see also hunt questioning standing state taxpayer file suit state executive applied challenge roemer case like valley forge challenge exercise executive authority pursuant property clause article iv see schlesinger reservists committee stop war plaintiffs challenged executive decision allow members congress maintain status officers armed forces reserve see also richardson rejecting standing challenge statutes regulating central intelligence agency accounting reporting requirements stated flast challenge incidental expenditure tax funds administration essentially regulatory statute afla heart program disbursement funds pursuant congress taxing spending powers appellees claims call question funds authorized congress disbursed pursuant afla statutory mandate litigation thus sufficient nexus taxpayer standing taxpayer congressional exercise taxing spending power notwithstanding role secretary plays administering statute merits applied challenge seems us district follow proper approach assessing appellees claim secretary making grants act violate establishment clause first amendment although district stated several times afla aid given religious organizations pervasively sectarian see identify grantees referring discuss particularity aspects organizations view warranted classification pervasively sectarian district identify certain instances felt afla funds used constitutionally improper purposes view adequately design remedy address specific problems found secretary administration statute accordingly although dispute record contains evidence specific incidents impermissible behavior afla grantees feel lawsuit remanded district consideration evidence presented appellees insofar sheds light manner statute presently administered latter inquiry must direct remand particular open appellees remand show afla aid flowing grantees considered pervasively sectarian religious institutions held parochial schools see hunt supra previous discussion indicated tilton hunt roemer make clear enough show recipient challenged grant affiliated religious institution religiously inspired district also consider remand whether particular cases afla aid used fund specifically religious activit ies otherwise substantially secular setting hunt supra hunt example deemed important conditions aid granted sufficient preclude possibility funds used construction building used religious purposes relevant determine example whether secretary permitted afla grantees use materials explicitly religious content designed inculcate views particular religious faith pointed previous discussion evidence views espoused questions premarital sex abortion like happen coincide religious views afla grantee sufficient show grant funds used way primary effect advancing religion district concludes evidence presented grants made secretary violation establishment clause turn question appropriate remedy deal funding statute respect congress expressed view use funds grantees promote religion teach religious doctrines particular sect contrary intent statute see secretary promulgated series conditions grant including prohibition teaching promoting religion see app strictures may coterminous requirements establishment clause make likely particular grant violate establishment clause also violate statute grant conditions imposed secretary conclude secretary wrongfully approved certain afla grants appropriate remedy require secretary withdraw approval iv conclude first district erred holding afla invalid face second consider remand whether particular afla grants primary effect advancing religion conclude secretary current practice allow grants devise remedy insure grants awarded secretary comply constitution statute judgment district accordingly reversed footnotes section provides full necessary services means services may provided grantees pregnancy testing maternity counseling adoption counseling referral services present adoption option pregnant adolescents including referral licensed adoption agencies community eligible grant recipient licensed adoption agency primary preventive health services including prenatal postnatal care nutrition information counseling referral screening treatment venereal disease referral appropriate pediatric care educational services relating family life problems associated adolescent premarital sexual relations including information adoption ii education responsibilities sexuality parenting iii development material support role parents provider sex education iv assistance parents schools youth agencies health providers educate adolescents preadolescents concerning responsibility human sexuality appropriate educational vocational services referral services referral licensed residential care maternity home services mental health services referral mental health services appropriate physical health services child care sufficient enable adolescent parent continue education enter employment consumer education homemaking counseling immediate extended family members eligible person transportation outreach services families adolescents discourage sexual relations among unemancipated minors family planning services services consistent purposes subchapter secretary may approve accordance regulations promulgated secretary section reads full grants payments may made programs projects provide abortions abortion counseling referral subcontract make payment person provides abortions abortion counseling referral except program project may provide referral abortion counseling pregnant adolescent adolescent parents guardians adolescent request referral grants may made projects programs advocate promote encourage abortion october district allowed families america ufa intervene participate support constitutionality afla rejected appellees claim standard apply afla statute restriction funding organizations oppose abortion explicitly deliberately discriminates among religious denominations see larson valente found afla precondition award grant grantee particular religious belief merely restricts grantees using federal tax dollars advocate certain course action see afla restriction advocacy abortion coincide certain religious beliefs fact district opinion trigger application strict scrutiny larson aspect district opinion challenged appeal prior reviewed motions statements material fact dispute allegations disputed facts golconda documents submitted case law concluded material facts dispute summary judgment proper also found afla funding religious organizations likely incite political divisiveness see citing lynch donnelly concurring also see reason conclude afla serves impermissible religious purpose simply goals statute coincide beliefs certain religious organizations see harris mcrae mcgowan maryland indeed legislative history shows congress aware religious organizations grantees title vi disapprove practice senate report noted current law title vi office adolescent pregnancy programs made grants two organizations two christian organizations several groups indirectly affiliated religious bodies religious affiliation criterion selection grantee adolescent family life program grants made secretary simple recognition nonprofit religious organizations role play provision services adolescents one witness senate committee testified projects target hispanic minority populations accepted population include sectarian well organizations delivery services indicates sectarian grantees particularly well qualified perform afla services inclusion secular sectarian grantees improve effectiveness act programs undercuts argument religion advanced simply afla added title vi various references religious organizations noted previously amendments title vi motivated secular purpose increasing community involvement problems associated adolescent sexuality although afla amendments may effect increasing role religious organizations services provided afla least relative services provided title vi reflects merely fact afla program whole expanded role community organizations increased result expansion programs available afla opposed title vi incidental effect advancing religion validity observation borne statistics afla program fiscal year according record funding year million funding awarded afla total organizations million went religiously affiliated grantees million figure going projects cited district constitutional violations app projects appear state local government organizations least hospital religiously affiliated organizations listed universities section however expressly define uses federal funds may put including providing care prevention services eligible individuals nowhere section suggested use funds religious purposes permissible also disagree district conclusion afla invalid likely create political division along religious lines see may well importance issues relating adolescent sexuality may division opinion along religious lines well lines may said great number public issues day addition said mueller allen question political divisiveness regarded confined cases direct financial subsidies paid parochial schools teachers parochial schools find taxpayer appellees standing need consider standing clergy american jewish congress closest came identify least ten afla grantees subgrantees religious organizations sense explicit corporate ties particular religious faith policies prohibit deviation religious doctrine factors relevant determination whether institution pervasively sectarian conclusive find conclusion institutions religious organizations equivalent finding secular purposes religious mission inextricably intertwined justice concurring litigation raises somewhat unusual questions involving facially valid statute appears administered way led violations establishment clause agree resolution questions join opinion write separately however explain believe approach reflects tolerance kind improper administration seems occurred government program issue dissent says fully agree ublic funds may used endorse religious message post notes dispute record contains evidence specific incidents impermissible behavior afla grantees ante district employed analytical framework require detailed discussion voluminous record extent impermissible behavior degree attributable poor administration executive branch somewhat less clear circumstance two points deserve emphasized first use public funds promote religious doctrines violates establishment clause second extensive violations proved case highly relevant shaping appropriate remedy ends abuses reason appellees may yet prevail remand believe approach entails relaxation unwavering vigilance constitution requires law respecting establishment religion see post quoting amdt cf post need detailed factual findings district stems part delicacy task given executive branch adolescent family life act afla government strong legitimate secular interest encouraging sexual restraint among young people time dissent rightly points real important difference running soup kitchen hospital counseling pregnant teenagers make difficult decisions facing post using religious organizations advance secular goals afla without thereby permitting religious indoctrination inevitably difficult projects ministering poor sick nonetheless agree partnership governmental religious institutions contemplated afla need result constitutional violations despite undeniably greater risk present cooperative undertakings involve less sensitive objectives district finds remand grants made violation establishment clause appropriate remedy take account history program administration well extent continuing constitutional violations justice kennedy justice scalia joins concurring join opinion write separate concurrence discuss one feature proceedings remand open appellees remand show afla aid flowing grantees considered pervasively sectarian religious institutions held parochial schools ante view showing alone enough challenge make violation establishment clause though confident term pervasively sectarian juridical category recognize thrust previous decisions statute provides exclusive disproportionate funding pervasively sectarian institutions may impermissibly advance religion invalid face hold today however neutrality grant requirements diversity organizations described statute us foreclose argument disproportionately tied pervasively sectarian groups ante held statute facially invalid purpose inquiring whether particular grantee institution pervasively sectarian preliminary step demonstrating funds fact used religion sum litigation statute provides benefits program distributed neutral fashion religious nonreligious applicants alike program withstands facial challenge unconstitutional applied solely reason religious character specific recipient question challenge whether entity religious character spends grant justice blackmun justice brennan justice marshall justice stevens join dissenting congress enacted adolescent family life act afla stat et seq ed supp iv thereby involv ing families religious charitable organizations voluntary associations groups effort alleviate problems associated teenage pregnancy unclear whether congress ever envisioned public funds pay program session parents teenagers instructed want know church teachings sexuality church people sitting body christ teachings things value fact values catholic church app church always taught marriage act intercourse seals union husband wife representation union levels christ commits us come ask sacrament marriage ask active life god love ask share love god procreates us enters physical union begin new life whatever congress mind however enacted statute facilitated indeed encouraged use public funds instruction giving religious groups central pedagogical counseling role without imposing restraints sectarian quality participation record developed thus far litigation makes clear federal tax dollars appropriated afla purposes used government approval support religious teaching today majority upholds facial validity statute remands action district proceedings concerning appellees challenge manner statute applied firmly convinced cases require invalidating statutory scheme dissent district troubled lack express guidance appropriate manner examine establishment clause challenges entire statute well specific instances implementation reluctantly proceeded analyze afla face applied thereafter summary judgment supported extensive record undisputed facts district applied analysis lemon kurtzman declared afla unconstitutional facially applied supp dc majority acknowledges cases passed facial validity legislative enactment others limited analysis particular applications issue yet confirming district justified analyzing afla ways fails elaborate consequences flow analytical division distinction sometimes useful constitutional litigation majority misuses divide conquer appellees challenge designating appellees broad attack statute facial challenge majority justifies divorcing analysis extensive record developed district thereby strips challenge much force renders evaluation lemon effects prong particularly sterile meaningless characterizing appellees objections operation afla challenge risks misdirecting litigants lower courts toward litigation continuing indefinitely throughout life afla view effective way review establishment clause challenges look type relief prayed plaintiffs force arguments supporting evidence marshal whether denominate challenge focuses systematically unconstitutional operation statute facial challenge goes statute whole challenge rely events blind facts revealed undisputed record evident parties arguments record compiled decision district litigated primarily broad challenge statutory scheme whole awarding grants individual applicants thousands pages depositions affidavits documentary evidence intended demonstrate merely particular grantees receive funding indeed grant cycle original grantees longer afla participants record designed show afla interpreted implemented government manner clearly unconstitutional appellees sought declaratory injunctive relief entire statute discussing appellees challenge district recognized objections went validity particular grants review undisputed record transforms inherent conflicts afla constitution reality engage exhaustive recitation record references representative portions record reveal extent afla fact directly immediately advanced religion funded pervasively sectarian institutions permitted use federal tax dollars education counseling amounts teaching religion omitted ii proceeding apply lemon analysis afla pause note particular flaw majority method central premise majority opinion seems primary means ascertaining whether statute appears neutral face fact effect advancing religion determine whether aid flows pervasively sectarian institutions see ante misplaced focus leads majority ignore substantial body case law developed analyzing programs providing direct aid parochial schools rely almost exclusively cases upheld supplying aid private colleges including religiously affiliated institutions pervasively sectarian vaguely defined term art roots recognition government must engage detailed supervision inner workings religious institutions sensible distaste picture state inspectors prowling halls parochial schools auditing classroom instruction lemon kurtzman brennan concurring see also aguilar felton roemer maryland public works board plurality opinion effects prong lemon test used one variant another pervasively sectarian concept explain indirect forms government aid institutions necessarily effect advancing religion example meek pittenger explained simply ignore reality attempt separate secular educational functions predominantly religious role performed many pennsylvania elementary secondary schools characterize act channeling aid secular without providing direct aid sectarian majority first skews establishment clause analysis adopting cramped view constitutes pervasively sectarian institution perhaps decisions area come context aid parochial schools traditionally characterized pervasively sectarian majority seems equate characterization institution support illusion majority relies heavily three cases upheld direct government funding liberal arts colleges religious affiliation noting colleges pervasively sectarian happenstance cases statutes upheld concerned religiously affiliated liberal arts colleges suggests parochial schools considered pervasively sectarian suggests religiously affiliated institutions may ever receive direct government funding private liberal arts colleges fact cases majority relies stressed institutions predominant higher education mission provide students secular education tilton richardson emphasis added see roemer maryland public works board noting high degree institutional autonomy encouragement spiritual development one secondary objective college internal quotations omitted hunt mcnair finding basis conclude college operations oriented significantly towards sectarian rather secular education sharp contrast district concluded afla grantees participants included organizations institutional ties religious denominations corporate requirements organizations abide contradict religious doctrines addition recipients afla funds explicitly affiliated religious denomination religiously inspired dedicated teaching dogma inspired emphasis added continuum sectarianism running parochial schools one end colleges funded statutes upheld tilton hunt roemer afla grantees described district clearly much closer former latter importantly majority also errs suggesting inapplicability label generally dispositive plurality framed inquiry whether institution pervasively sectarian may receive direct state aid kind roemer maryland public works board never treated absence finding license disregard potential impermissible fostering religion characterization institution pervasively sectarian allows us eschew inquiry use made direct government aid sense sufficient necessary basis finding challenged program creates unacceptable establishment clause risk label thus serves cases proxy detailed analysis institution nature aid manner aid may used voluminous record compiled parties reviewed district illustrates manner afla interpreted implemented agency responsible aid program eliminates whatever need might speculate kind institutions might receive funds might selected record explains nature activities funded government money well content educational programs materials developed disseminated basis ignoring volumes depositions pleadings undisputed facts reviewed district simply recipients government funds may every sense resemble parochial schools iii often case effect statute rather purpose creates establishment clause problems meaningful disagreement majority discussion afla essentially secular purpose find statute effect advancing religion dispositive turn issue directly majority holding afla unconstitutional face marks sharp departure precedents aid programs providing nonmonetary verifiably secular aid upheld notwithstanding indirect effect might allocation institution funds religious activities see board education allen lending secular textbooks parochial schools everson board education providing bus services parochial schools direct cash subsidies always required much closer scrutiny expected potential uses funds much greater guarantees funds used inconsistently establishment clause parts afla prescribing various forms outreach education counseling services specifically authorize expenditure funds ways previously held unconstitutional example upheld use public funds support parochial school purchase secular textbooks already approved use public schools see wolman walter meek pittenger grading administering tests committee public education religious liberty regan books teaching materials examinations selected designed private schools however consistently held government aid risked advancing religion impermissibly see wolman walter levitt committee public education religious liberty lemon kurtzman teaching materials may purchased developed disseminated afla funding way restricted already selected approved use secular contexts notwithstanding fact government funds paying religious organizations teach counsel impressionable adolescents highly sensitive subject considerable religious significance often premises church parochial school without effort remove religious symbols sites majority concludes afla facially invalid majority acknowledges constitutional proscription religious indoctrination basis little indefensible assumption afla recipients pervasively sectarian consequently presumed likely comply statutory constitutional mandates dismisses insubstantial risk indoctrination enter counseling ante similarly majority rejects district conclusion subject matter renders risk indoctrination unacceptable says likelihood religious institutions receive afla funding agree message congress intended deliver adolescents afla amount advancement religion ante think statute easily conveniently saved district concluded asking religious organizations teach counsel youngsters matters deep religious significance yet expect refrain making reference religion foolhardy unconstitutional majority rejection view illustrative doctrinal misstep relying heavily cases district reasoned presume afla counselors religious organizations put beliefs aside counseling adolescent matters part religious doctrine simply unrealistic even possible government tread impermissibly religious liberty merely suggesting religious organizations instruct doctrinal matters without conscious unconscious reference doctrine moreover statutory scheme fraught possibility religious beliefs might infuse instruction never detected impressionable unlearned adolescent instruction directed emphasis original find nothing less remarkable majority relies statements expressing confidence administrators religiously affiliated liberal arts colleges breach statutory proscriptions use government funds earmarked secular purposes finance theological instruction religious worship see ante citing roemer tilton order reject challenge based risk indoctrination inherent educational services relating family life problems associated adolescent premarital sexual relations outreach services families adolescents discourage sexual relations among unemancipated minors two situations simply comparable afla unlike statute upheld pays teachers counselors employed subject direction religious authorities educate impressionable young minds issues religious moment time recognized difficulties inherent asking even individuals positions make total separation secular teaching religious doctrine lemon kurtzman accord levitt committee public education religious liberty meek pittenger roemer maryland public works board plurality opinion wolman walter grand rapids school district ball targeted audience composed children course insistence adequate safeguards always greatest see grand rapids school district ball committee public education religious liberty nyquist lemon kurtzman cases funding colleges religious affiliations upheld relied assumption college students less impressionable less susceptible religious indoctrination skepticism college student inconsiderable barrier attempt tendency subvert congressional objectives limitations omitted tilton richardson plurality opinion see also widmar vincent university students course young adults less impressionable younger students able appreciate university policy one neutrality toward religion observing alignment statute religious views grantees render afla statute funds specifically religious activity majority makes light religious significance counseling provided grantees yet dimension congress specifically sought capture enlisting aid religious organizations battling problems associated teenage pregnancy see pp pp whereas may secular values promoted afla including encouragement adoption premarital chastity discouragement abortion hardly doubted promoted theological terms religious figures values take religious nature surprisingly record replete observations effect undeniable religious dogma may employed government even accomplish laudable secular purposes promotion moral values contradiction materialistic trends times perpetuation institutions teaching literature abington school district schempp holding unconstitutional daily reading bible verses recitation lord prayer public schools stone graham holding unconstitutional posting ten commandments despite notation explaining secular application thereof true course recognized constitution prohibit government supporting secular services solely provided religiously affiliated organization see ante recognition closely tied nature subsidized social service state may send cleric indeed even clerical order perform wholly secular task emphasis added roemer maryland public works board plurality opinion real important difference running soup kitchen hospital counseling pregnant teenagers make difficult decisions facing risk advancing religion public expense creating appearance government endorsing medium message much greater religious organization directly engaged pedagogy express intent shaping belief changing behavior neutrally dispensing medication food shelter also course fundamental difference government employing religion unique appeal higher authority transcendental nature message government enlisting aid religiously committed individuals organizations without regard sectarian motivation latter circumstance religion plays little role merely explains individual organization chosen get involved publicly funded program former religion core subsidized activity affects manner service dispensed religious organizations answer teenager question abortion use barrier contraceptives undoubtedly different answer based solely secular considerations public funds may used endorse religious message problems inherent statutory scheme specifically designed involve religious organizations pedagogical program compounded lack statutory restrictions use federal tax dollars promote religion conscious remarkable omission afla restriction whatsoever use public funds sectarian purposes disingenuously argues never stated statutory restriction constitutionally required ante tilton richardson upheld statute providing grants loans colleges construction academic facilities expressly prohibit ed use religious instruction training worship record show ed institutions ha required disgorge benefits failure obey restriction severed struck provision statute permitted restriction lapse years tilton noted statute required applicants provide assurances use funded facility limited secular purposes initial period limitation obviously opens facility use purpose end period expired years statute enforcement provisions inadequate ensure impact federal aid advance religion majority interprets tilton indicate constitutional limitations use federal funds embodied statutory restriction simply expire years concludes absence statutory restriction afla troubling also intimation statute point grantees religious uses permitted ante although something notion lifting restriction may likely perceived affirmative authorization absence restriction tilton provision stated years facilities built aid program converted chapels tilton express statutory provision lapsed leaving restrictions vacuum found constitutionally impermissible afla way contrast vacuum right start tilton indeed indication programs must include prohibitions use public funds advance endorse religion one might argue plausibly ordinary reporting requirements conjunction presumption government agencies administer federal programs constitutional fashion might suffice protect statute facial challenge however simply case committee public education religious liberty regan example upheld state program whereby private schools reimbursed actual cost administering tests statute specifically required payments made religious instruction incorporated extensive auditing system warned however course relevant cases outcome likely different effective means insuring cash reimbursements cover secular services regard regan merely echoed reaffirmed already well established committee public education religious liberty nyquist explained nothing statute instance bars qualifying school paying state funds salaries employees maintain school chapel cost renovating classrooms religion taught cost heating lighting facilities absent appropriate restrictions expenditures similar purposes simply denied section primary effect advances religion subsidizes directly religious activities sectarian elementary secondary schools emphasis added despite glaring omission restriction use funds religious purposes attempts resurrect afla noting legislative intent promote religion observing various reporting provisions statute create mechanism whereby secretary police grants ante however effective mechanism might prove enforcing clear statutory directives help restrictions found face statute secretary promulgated regulation indeed restriction use afla funds religious purposes found secretary notice grant award sent grantees specifies public funds may used teach promote religion apparently even clause inserted litigation underway furthermore enforcement limitation sectarian use afla funds lacks bite procedure pursuant funds used promote religion must refunded government example tilton richardson indeed nothing afla precludes funding even pervasively sectarian organizations whose work definition segregated religious secular categories unlike challenge record review limited challenge specific grant reluctant invalidate statute anticipation particular applications may result unconstitutional use funds roemer maryland public works board litigation district expressly found funds gone pervasively sectarian institutions tax dollars used teaching religion moreover appellees specifically called question manner grant program administered grantees selected see supra objections responsibly answered reliance secretary enforcement mechanism see levitt committee public education religious liberty state constitutionally compelled assure activity used religious indoctrination lemon kurtzman state must certain given religion clauses subsidized teachers inculcate religion placing unsupportable weight pervasively sectarian label recharacterizing appellees objections statute attempts create illusion consistency prior cases present ruling afla facially invalid ignores unwavering vigilance constitution requires law respecting establishment religion amdt recognized time calls fundamentally conservative decisionmaking cases require plaintiff demonstrate government action necessarily promotes religion simply creates substantial risk see grand rapids school district ball observing substantial risk overtly subtly religious message infuse supposedly secular classes committee public education religious liberty regan describing minimal chance religious bias enter process grading tests secular subjects given complete state safeguards wolman walter noting unacceptable risk fostering religion inevitable byproduct field trips meek pittenger finding potential impermissible fostering religion levitt committee public education religious liberty finding dispositive substantial risk examinations prepared teachers authority religious institutions drafted eye unconsciously otherwise inculcate students religious precepts sponsoring church lemon kurtzman finding potential impermissible fostering religion given nature subsidized activity lack adequate safeguards chronicle past experience statute room doubt afla creates substantial risk impermissible fostering religion iv evident afla pass muster lemon effects prong unconstitutionality statute becomes even apparent consider unprecedented degree entanglement church state required prevent subsidizing advancement religion afla funds majority brief discussion lemon entanglement prong limited criticizing concluding reason assume religious organizations may receive grants pervasively sectarian sense held parochial schools need concerned degree monitoring necessary ensure compliance afla establishment clause ante former although majority certainly correct entanglement analysis criticized separate writings members question whether government program leads excessive government entanglement religion nevertheless remains part applicable constitutional inquiry lemon kurtzman quoting walz tax accept majority conclusion doubt monitoring afla grants necessary ensure public money spent way comports establishment clause ante disagree easy characterization entanglement analysis extent metaphor helpful inclined characterize excessive entanglement decisions concluding implement required monitoring kill patient cure ailed see lemon kurtzman meek pittenger aguilar felton conclusion precedents indicate secretary monitoring exceedingly intensive entangling grant recipients sufficiently like parochial schools must disagree discussed majority excessive reliance distinction cases cases unwarranted lemon meek aguilar conveniently dismissed solely majority declines assume pervasively sectarian label applied determine whether statute fosters excessive entanglement must look three factors character purpose institutions benefited nature aid nature relationship government religious organization see lemon kurtzman thus lemon solely fact teachers performed duties within four walls parochial school rendered monitoring difficult end unconstitutional seems inherent pedagogical function disagreements religious require intolerable degree government intrusion censorship appear essential good citizenship might well others border constitute instruction religion unlike book teacher inspected determine extent intent personal beliefs subjective acceptance limitations imposed first amendment roemer tilton hunt relied ability state identify subsidize separate secular functions carried school without inspections necessary prevent diversion funds sectarian purposes roemer maryland public works board emphasis added fact grants require continuing financial relationships dependencies annual audits government analysis institution expenditures secular distinguished religious activities tilton richardson afla grants course simply construction grants majority readily acknowledges secretary review programs set run afla grantees including review example educational materials grantee proposes use ante majority intimates monitoring use afla funds undoubtedly require minimal inspection necessary ascertain facilities devoted secular education tilton since teachers counselors unlike buildings necessarily religiously neutral greater governmental surveillance required guarantee state salary aid fact subsidize religious instruction afla without doubt endorses religion expressed solicitude participation religious organizations afla programs one form another statute creates symbolic real partnership clergy fisc addressing problem substantial religious overtones given delicate subject matter impressionable audience risk afla convey message government endorsement religion overwhelming statutory language extensive record established district make clear problem lies statute systematically unconstitutional operation merely isolated instances misapplication therefore find statute unconstitutional without remanding district trust however labors thus far district grow weary prematurely read decision suggestion afla constitutionally implemented government majority deliberately eschews review facts proceedings deemed appropriate district enters findings fact basis testimony documents entered evidence may well decide today afla whole indeed unconstitutionally applied related point agree majority worth acknowledging explicitly appeal secretary health human services vigorously criticized district analysis afla face asserting squared explanation salerno mounting facial challenge legislative act challenger must establish set circumstances exists act valid brief federal appellant however rejects application rigid analysis establishment clause cases explaining previous cases involving facial challenges establishment clause grounds assess constitutionality enactment reference three factors first articulated lemon kurtzman ante indeed secretary proposed test wholly incongruous analysis establishment clause challenge lemon requires examination purpose legislative enactment well primary effect potential fostering excessive entanglement although may differ majority application lemon analysis afla join rejecting secretary approach render review establishment clause nullity even statute like afla solicitude specific averment participation religious organizations one hypothesize set circumstances act valid example might case religious organization ever actually applied participated afla grant establishment clause eviscerated artifice course manner challenge characterized limit relief available justified nature controversy evidence record federal district may invoke broad equitable powers prevent continued unconstitutional activity see hutto finney swann board education readth flexibility inherent equitable remedies milliken bradley reiterated exercising broad equitable powers district focus nature scope constitutional violation ensure decrees remedial nature emphasis omitted remand therefore instructed majority district must undertake delicate task fashioning relief appropriate scope particular violation discovers majority finds support observation statistics afla program fiscal see ante organizations funded vice versa find cumulative funding figures fy helpful looking figures group recipients identified majority find approximately million afla funding million went organizations specifically cited district opinion constitutional violations app district course engage exhaustive recitation record made references representative portions supp dc another organizations characterized religiously affiliated tabulation prepared department health human services connection litigation received additional million period looking figures different perspective third approximately clients served afla grantees period received services cited grantees nearly religiously affiliated institutions app minimum figures already demonstrate substantial constitutionally suspect funding afla rendering majority expectations unrealistic unwarranted government failure require grantees report subgrant subcontract arrangements speculate additional public funds subsidized religious missions groups secular grantees brought fulfill statutory obligation involve religious organizations provision services see leaves district remand consideration evidence presented appellees insofar sheds light manner statute presently administered ante conceding must factual record paint troubling picture true effect afla whole see witters washington dept services blind finding significant nothing record indicates petitioner succeeds significant portion aid expended program whole end flowing religious education aguilar felton significant number schools create risks described meek meek applies quoting felton secretary dept education widmar vincent noting absence empirical evidence religious groups dominate university open forum fully agree majority determination appellees standing taxpayers challenge operation afla ante note appellees may yet prevail remand rejecting claim afla leads excessive government entanglement religion declines assume religious organizations may receive grants pervasively sectarian sense held parochial schools ante respect claim afla unconstitutional least applied face apparently unsatisfied findings district already made effect instructs remand appellees may show afla aid flowing grantees considered pervasively sectarian religious institutions held parochial schools ante district observed necessary services see expressly involved sort education counseling intimately related service thus example discovery began lawsuit ann home unmarried pregnant teenagers operated order daughters charity owned archdiocese washington purchased books containing catholic doctrine chastity masturbation homosexuality abortion using afla funds distributed participants see app catholic family services amarillo used curriculum outline guide parent workshops explicit theological references well religious reference materials including film everyday miracle described depicting miracle process human reproduction gift god record plaintiffs appendix vol iv district concluded record demonstrates grantees included explicitly religious materials curriculum indicates intent teach theological secular views sexual conduct grant proposals one application funded one year included program designed inter alia communicate catholic diocese mormon church jesus christ latter day saints young buddhist association approaches sex education addition funding activity wholly different character afla differs statutes reviewed cases expressed solicitude participation religious organizations tilton richardson statute authorize federal grants loans institutions higher education construction wide variety academic facilities hunt mcnair south carolina established state agency purpose assist institutions higher education construction financing refinancing projects primarily issuance revenue bonds roemer maryland public works board plurality opinion state provided funding qualified private institution higher learning within state maryland afla contrast expressly requires applicants grants describe appropriate provision services involve religious organizations legislative history conclusively shows congress intended religious organizations participate grantees participants grants awarded organizations see pp district conclusion find compelling afla requires teaching counseling matters inseparable religious dogma conclusion borne statements afla administrators participants example lyon county health department grant proposal acknowledges uch sensitive intimate material presented without touching religious beliefs record plaintiffs appendix vol iv patrick sheeran director division program development monitoring office adolescent pregnancy programs explained broadly speaking find hard find kind educational value type program kind basic religious ethical foundation sex education class may completely separate religious class might relate back terms principles embedded philosophically theologically religiously another discipline app purpose religion transmit certain values values associated sex marriage chastity abortion involve religious values theological doctrinal issues encouraging premarital chastity extremely difficult religiously affiliated group impart religious values doctrinal perspectives teaching subject always central religious teachings religion plays important role many society enlisting aid combating certain social ills imposing restrictions required first amendment use public funds promote religion risk secularizing demeaning sacred enterprise whereas undoubtedly role churches denominations helping prevent problems often associated early sexual activity unplanned pregnancies attempt confine role within strictures secular program taint religious mission corrosive secularism grand rapids school district ball first amendment protects state captured church also protects church corrupted state adopted purposes government program provides funds religious organizations carry secular tasks inevitably risks promoting pernicious tendency state subsidy tempt religious schools compromise religious mission without wholly abandoning roemer maryland public works board stevens dissenting see also lynch donnelly blackmun dissenting arguing providing social welfare services categorically different educating schoolchildren establishment clause purposes appellants relied heavily bradfield roberts case upheld appropriation money construction two buildings part religiously affiliated hospital unlike afla however seeks promote self discipline prudent approaches problem adolescent premarital sexual relations act congress hospital issue bradfield incorporated expressed specific limited object creation opening keeping hospital city washington care sick invalid persons may place treatment care corporation employees grantees must follow directives set forth booklet entitled ethical religious directives catholic health facilities approved committee doctrine national conference catholic bishops app solely religious dictates afla grantees teach refer teenagers natural family planning never used successfully teenagers may refer couples programs offer artificial methods birth control programs conflict teachings roman catholic church one nurse midwife working afla program even reprimanded contravening hospital religious views sex answered yes teenager asked medical matter whether sex pregnancy vacuum particularly noticeable consider pains congress went specify restrictions use afla funds example afla expressly provides grants payments may made programs projects provide abortions abortion counseling referral subcontract make payment person provides abortions abortion counseling referral except program project may provide referral abortion counseling pregnant adolescent adolescent parents guardians adolescent request referral grants may made projects programs advocate promote encourage abortion appellees challenged presumption calling question manner grantees selected supervised sheeran director division program development monitoring office adolescent pregnancy programs testified surprised lack experience yet high proportion religious affiliation among selected read evaluate grant applications app reader comments strongly suggest considered religious indoctrination indispensable achieve afla stated purpose see record plaintiffs appendix vol pp evidence involvement religious organizations factor rejecting applications see record plaintiffs appendix vol pp record plaintiffs appendix vol pp despite clear religious mission many applicants investigations admonitions use afla funds promote religion minimal sheeran instructed call catholic grantees already selected funding obtain assurances grant money used teaching morals dogmas religious principles app calls lasted two three minutes involved detailed discussion use church parochial school facilities religious literature district found problems noted application stage remained uncured implementation facts suggest programs operation cured first amendment problems evident approved grant applications least one grantee actually included spiritual counseling afla program afla programs used curricula explicitly religious materials addition large number afla programs took place sites adorned religious symbols similarly record reveals grantees attempted evade restrictions perceived religious teaching establishing programs staffer presentations immediately followed room staffer presence program presented member religious order dedicated presentation religious views subject covered afla staffer citations omitted indeed afla stands among similar grant programs precisely absence restrictions support vocational education federal disaster relief local education agencies assistance college research libraries supp iv assistance institutions higher education supp iv fellowships graduate professional study ed supp iv grants adult education programs college grants grants retired volunteer service programs justice kennedy joined justice scalia constrain district consideration evidence grantees spent money regardless whether grantee labeled pervasively sectarian see ante asserting question challenge whether entity religious character statement comes without citation authority contrary clear import cases concept behind pervasively sectarian label may consistently held reaffirms today id normally may thought primary effect advancing religion flows institution religion pervasive substantial portion functions subsumed religious mission ante quoting hunt mcnair see also roemer maryland public works board question whether institution pervasively sectarian may receive direct state aid kind indeed suggest challenge labeled character institution receiving aid loses relevance misunderstand nature concept pervasively sectarian institution based part conclusion secular sectarian activities institution inextricably intertwined see ante surprisingly flatly rejects justice kennedy suggestion observing open appellees remand show afla aid flowing grantees considered pervasively sectarian religious institutions ante appellees argued district portions statute inviting participation religious organizations severable thus entire statute must held unconstitutional take position issue