The State may justify a limitation on religious liberty by showing it is essential to accomplish an overriding governmental interest.
Warren E. BurgerTo hold that the act of homosexual sodomy is somehow protected as a fundamental right would be to cast aside millennia of moral teaching.
Warren E. BurgerThere can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
Warren E. BurgerThe Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and forbids hostility toward any.
Warren E. Burger