Supreme Court sides with football coach who prayed after games. Here's a breakdown of the decision.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : In a 1962 case, Engel v. Vitale, the court ruled that public schools could not offer prayers, even if participation by students is voluntary.
54% : WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a former high school football coach who prayed in the middle of the field after games, even though his school district was concerned students felt compelled to participate, in the court's latest expression of support for religious freedom.
54% : The three justices who dissented were:"It 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," Sotomayor wrote in her dissent.
53% : When he challenged the decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled last year that Kennedy was acting as a public employee when he offered the prayers and so his actions were not protected by the First Amendment.
50% : Former Vice President Mike Pence, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, praised the decision and said he would continue to fight restrictions on religious freedom.
49% : "Official-led prayer strikes at the core of our constitutional protections for the religious liberty of students and their parents, as embodied in both the establishment clause and the free exercise clause of the First Amendment."
48% : "The Constitution does not authorize, let alone require, public schools to embrace this conduct," Sotomayor wrote.
47% : But the rulings in the Kennedy case and the Maine tuition case demonstrate the extent to which the high court is now prioritizing the free exercise of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment over the establishment clause that is meant to facilitate separation of church and state.
47% : "The First Amendment protects the right of all Americans to believe as we choose without fear of government coercion."
44% : "Both the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect expressions like Mr. Kennedy's," Gorsuch wrote.

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