Supreme Court rules for coach whose prayers on football field raised questions about church-state separation

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "This is a tremendous victory for Coach Kennedy and religious liberty for all Americans," said Kelly Shackelford, president of the Texas-based First Liberty Institute, which represented the coach.
53% : 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 1st Amendment," Sotomayor said.
51% : Because the state subsidized tuition at other private schools, it could not exclude those that are religious, the court said.
50% : This court focused only on the demands of far-right Christian extremists, robbing everyone else of their religious freedom.
47% : It ignored the religious freedom of students and families."
47% : "Today's ruling ignores that basic principle, and tramples the religious freedom of students who may not share the preferred faith of their coaches and teachers."
46% : The Constitution does not authorize, let alone require, public schools to embrace this conduct," said Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
43% : The 6-3 decision is a victory for those who seek a larger role for prayer and religion in public schools.
41% :Rachel Laser, president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said the "decision represents the greatest loss of religious freedom in our country in generations.
40% : "In the name of protecting religious liberty, the district would have us suppress it."
32% :Daniel Mach, an ACLU lawyer, called the decision a setback for religious liberty.

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