Supreme Court declines case on high school football pregame prayer

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from Cambridge Christian School regarding the right to broadcast a pregame prayer at a championship football game, upholding a 25-year-old ruling that deemed such practices unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause. The Florida High School Athletic Association had denied the request, citing concerns about government endorsement of religion. A federal court previously ruled that the prayer would constitute government speech and did not violate the school’s First Amendment rights. The 11th Circuit Court also agreed, stating that the FHSAA’s actions were a regulation of its own expression.

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