Supreme Court hears cases of prayer at town board meeting . Richard Garnett says he will likely be reluctant to uphold a ban on such prayer . Cox : Constitution prohibits establishment of religion , but public prayers have long history . Garnett : Our country is , as Kagan noted , a `` multireligious society '' and so it is both unsurprising and unavoidable that Americans sometimes disagree about the role and place of religious faith in our public life . U.S. has long tried to protect both religious faith and religious liberty .
Supreme Court hears cases of prayer at town board meeting . Richard Garnett says he will likely be reluctant to uphold a ban on such prayer . Cox : Constitution prohibits establishment of religion , but public prayers have long history . Garnett : U.S. has long tried to protect both religious faith and religious liberty .