Supreme Court rules football coach had a right to pray on the field

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : A judge sided with the school district, writing in an opinion that public schools "do not have unfettered discretion to restrict an employee's religious speech" but "do have the ability to prevent a coach from praying at the center of the football field immediately after games," according to KIRO.
50% : In an opinion penned by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the court said that in the case, "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.""Respect for religious expressions is indispensable to life in a free and diverse Republic -- whether those expressions take place in a sanctuary or on a field, and whether they manifest through the spoken word or a bowed head," the opinion read.

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