Op-Ed: The Supreme Court demolishes another precedent separating church and state

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : In 1985, the court declared unconstitutional an Alabama law that required that public schools begin each day with a moment of silent prayer.
55% : It is long-settled constitutional law that, as she notes, "official-led prayer strikes at the core of our constitutional protections for the religious liberty of students and their parents."To get to this outcome, the conservative majority overruled a landmark 1971 case that set limits on government actions in cases involving the Establishment Clause.
55% : In doing so, Sotomayor wrote, the court "elevates one individual's interest in personal religious exercise, in the exact time and place of that individual's choosing, over society's interest in protecting the separation between church and state, eroding the protections for religious liberty for all."
52% : In the early 1960s, the Supreme Court ruled that prayer in public schools, even voluntary prayer, violates the 1st Amendment's prohibition against the establishment of religion.
44% : The Supreme Court on Monday took a significant step toward allowing prayer back in public schools.
39% : The Constitution does not authorize, let alone require, public schools to embrace this conduct."

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