SCOTUS backs high school football coach placed on leave for praying

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : A win for religious liberty.
60% : I am excited to build on this victory and continue securing our inalienable right to religious freedom!'
59% : Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who served under the Trump Administration, called the move a 'victory' in securing the American people's 'inalienable right to religious freedom.''Our right to pray - anytime and anywhere - is fundamental,' he tweeted.
59% : Trump's former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany echoed Pompeo's remarks, saying: 'A HUGE victory at the Supreme Court for religious freedom & Coach Kennedy, who merely knelt in silent prayer on the 50 yard line after a football game!
58% : Last Tuesday, SCOTUS allowed more public funding of religious entities in ruling in favor of two Christian families who challenged a Maine tuition assistance program that excluded private schools that promote religion.
57% :Trump-backed Alabama Senate candidate Katie Britt also called the ruling a 'huge win for religious liberty across our country' and alleged the court did the 'right thing' by standing up for Kennedy's rights to religious freedom.'Praise God!
52% : Kennedy, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 20 years, said the Bremerton School District infringed on his religious freedom by refusing to let him continue praying at the midfield after games following an incident where students joined him in the prayer in September 2015.
47% : Former Bremerton High School football coach Joseph Kennedy (pictured in March), a Marine, said the district infringed on his religious freedom by refusing to let him continue praying at the 50-yard line after games.
46% : 'A government entity sought to punish an individual for engaging in a brief, quiet, personal religious observance doubly protected by the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment.
35% : After repeated instances, the district opted to drop his contract in 2016, with Kennedy choosing not to apply againKennedy claimed the district infringed on his religious freedom by refusing to let him continue praying at the midfield after games following an incident where students joined him in the prayer in September 2015.

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