Supreme Court rules on coach's right to pray at school games

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The court's majority held, "The Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance from government reprisal: The Constitution neither mandates nor permits the government to suppress such religious expression." "No one questions that Mr. Kennedy seeks to engage in a sincerely motivated religious exercise involving giving 'thanks through prayer' briefly 'on the playing field' at the conclusion of each game he coaches," the majority said.

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