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Much controversy has been generated by the two religion clauses in the First Amendment: the establishment clause and the free exercise clause. Incorporation has added fuel to the fire because it allowed the Supreme Court to use the First Amendment to strike down such customs as prayer in the public schools (which, if not for incorporation, would be a matter for individual states and localities to decide).