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Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese v. Milivojevich, 426 U.S. 696, 727 (1976) (Justice Rehnquist, dissenting). Justice Rehnquist also observed, in the same opinion, that “[t]o make available the coercive powers of civil courts to rubber--stamp ecclesiastical decisions of hierarchical religious associations, when such deference is not accorded similar acts of secular voluntary associations, would . . . itself create far more serious problems under the Establishment Clause.” Id. at 734.