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A city ordinance prohibits all religious worship services in public parks on Sundays, while permitting secular assemblies in those parks. The Church of Saint Gabriel holds weekly Sunday worship in the City Park and challenges the ordinance, arguing it violates the Free Exercise and Non-Establishment Clauses of the 1987 Constitution. (a) Identify the controlling constitutional doctrine at issue. (b) Apply that doctrine to the ordinance and assess its constitutionality, specifying the relevant standard or test. (c) If unconstitutional, what remedies are available to the church.