The Town of Greece v. Galloway decision in 2014—also written by Justice Kennedy—upheld a town’s practice of holding legislative prayer during public meetings, even though these prayers were uniformly Christian. Where was neutrality on religion then?
Elizabeth Platt
Liz Reiner Platt is Director of the Law, Rights, and Religion Project at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law, a law and policy think tank that advocates for religious liberty, pluralism, and social justice. Liz publishes widely on the intersection of
The idea that people’s religious views should be neither an advantage or a disadvantage under the law.
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and other fundamental rights.
