The quiet demise of the church-state wall - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : The consequences could be vast: an invitation to reintroduce long-banned forms of prayer in public schools and -- more worryingly still -- a fight for scarce education funds that pits faith against faith and religious indoctrination against public schooling.
54% : But read on, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor does in her dissent, and you find Lee's conclusion (in the very same paragraph) that "[t]his argument cannot prevail" when it comes to school prayer because the First Amendment bars "state intervention in religious affairs."
53% : Seven justices -- including the very conservative Rehnquist -- said the Constitution affords states discretion in how they pursue religious freedom.

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