Giving thanks for God's bounty, the show has a secular purpose, too: to teach children about preserving nature.

Churches and other religious organizations are covered if they employ workers for secular purposes.

Despite the university's more obviously secular purpose, presidents and professors were still expected to set a moral example for their charges.

As such, the statute had no secular purpose and was invalidated.

The court found that the state had shown the holiday also had a secular purpose.

But everything else in the Fortress was made for a secular purpose.

First, the legislature must have adopted the law with a secular purpose.

The square is often used for other secular purposes.

The court said the program "has a secular purpose" and "will not have the primary effect of advancing religion."

Taken together, he said, it suggested an overall secular purpose.