A coalition of public school advocates and prominent national atheist groups sued Oklahoma on Monday, seeking to block the creation of a public charter school affiliated with the Catholic Church.
Oklahoma is facing backlash from atheists and other groups that are vowing to sue the state for approving the nation's first religiously affiliated public charter school.
washington state, they are arguing here that it improperly pressured students to join him in what they say was a very public display of prayer while that coach was representing the school district. interestingly here, the two lower courts they found in favor of the school saying they could restrict this speech. but it s possible now with this argument going before this increasingly conservative supreme court that has vigorously defend religious rights, it s possible it could go the other way and the coach could win. they begin hearing arguments at 10:00 this morning. i was just outside the supreme court where the group was there. americans united for the separation of church and state. they held a press conference. they argued that if the supreme court allows this activity, not only for this coach, but other coaches around the country or other educators, it could improperly impede the religious rights of students who don t have the same beliefs but might feel pressured to pray with the
religion clause, but the school district argues that he really improperly pressured students to join him in what they say was a very public display of prayer while the coach was representing the school district in his capacity as a coach. the two lower courts here have found in favor of the school saying they could restrict the coach s words and actions right after the football games. but it s really possible with this argument before it increasingly conservative supreme court that we ve seen vigorously defend religious rights in all arenas. it s possible they could go the other way here and the football coach could potentially win. just before the arguments began at 10:00, i was outside the supreme court. a group there called americans united for the separation of church and state, they were holding a rally outside a press conference. they are saying that if the supreme court allows this activity, it could improperly impede the religious rights of students who don t have the same beli