Christie

MEMORANDUM **

D.K. Christie appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim and for lack of standing Christie’s action alleging that the United States violated her rights under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo, Nat’l Comm. of Reform Party of U.S. v. Democratic Nat’l Comm., 168 F.3d 360 , 363 (9th Cir.1999), and we affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Christie’s claim that tax exemptions for religious organizations violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because granting a tax exemption does not entangle government and religion. See Walz v. Tax Comm’n of New York City, 397 U.S. 664, 678 , 90 S.Ct. 1409 , 25 L.Ed.2d 697 (1970). The district court also properly dismissed Christie’s equal protection claim. See id. at 686 n. 6.

The district court also properly dismissed Christie’s claims challenging the reference to religion in the national motto, and in various slogans. See Aronow v. United States, 432 F.2d 242, 243 (9th Cir. 1970) (stating that “the national motto and the slogan on coinage…