SCOTUS BACKS PIGSKIN PRAYERS: Former Coach Gets a Win in Public Prayer Case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : In the dissent, liberal justices Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor argued the U.S. Constitution "does not authorize, let alone require, public schools to embrace this conduct," adding that the court "consistently has recognized that school officials leading prayer is constitutionally impermissible."
45% : ""Here, 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.
28% : The Supreme Court voted 6-3 in favor of high school football coach Joseph Kennedy, who argued that the Bremerton School District in Washington violated his religious freedom by preventing him from praying on the field after games.

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