Pride puppies and a charter school: a look at the blockbuster religion cases at the Supreme Court

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : WASHINGTON - Speaking to students at Catholic University last fall, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh praised his colleagues' efforts to reinforce the "critical principal" of religious liberty.
59% : Nearly every state allows charter schools.
55% : More: How the Supreme Court paved the way for the nation's first religious charter schoolThousands of Catholic and other religious schools across the nation could transform into charter schools, according to Michael Petrilli, the president of the Fordham Institute, a right-leaning think tank.
54% : One of the justices who dissented in that 5-4 decision, now-retired Justice David Souter, called the scale of public assistance to religious schools approved by the court "unprecedented.
52% : Another - a challenge from parents who want their elementary school children excused from class when books with LGBTQ+ characters are being used - could boost parents' ability to demand curriculum opt-outs in public schools.
50% : Moreland thinks the Supreme Court is likely to rule that once Oklahoma opened up charter schools to private operators, the state can't bar religious groups from applying.
47% : He said the new case tests "whether anything is left" of the First Amendment's prohibition on the government making any law "respecting an establishment of religion."But Michael Moreland, professor of law and religion at Villanova University, said much of the court's decision will turn on whether charter schools are considered public.
43% : But Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said those decisions are "threatening the cornerstone of our democracy, which is church-state separation.

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