The dispute over prayer at high school football games intensified with the Supreme Court's ruling in Kennedy v. Bremerton. This case follows earlier controversies, specifically one involving two Christian schools in Florida in 2015, where officials barred joint pre-game prayers at a public stadium. The First Amendment's establishment clause was cited to argue that allowing such prayers would violate constitutional law. Cambridge Christian School challenged this ban, asserting violations of free speech and free exercise rights, but lower courts sided with the athletic association. The legal landscape has shifted favorably for religious cases in recent Supreme Court rulings.
The First Amendment's establishment clause forbids the government from establishing an official religion, from giving preference to a specific religion and from favoring or disfavoring religion in general.
In Cambridge Christian School v. Florida High School Athletic Association, the 11th Circuit found that prayer over the loudspeaker constituted 'government speech,' which the government can regulate.
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