1.   But the school district, in upstate New York, counters that its speech restriction complies with the constitutional requirement that state officials not endorse a religion.

2.   By providing the forum for students to speak on religious themes, the school board has impermissibly endorsed religion, the justices added.

3.   Justice Anthony M. Kennedy also expressed concern that the policy endorses religion.

4.   On the contrary, when the reasonable observer would view a government practice as endorsing religion, I believe that it is our duty to hold the practice invalid.

5.   Some states could endorse one religion and discriminate against others.

6.   Someone arriving from another country and encountering the Cleveland program would assume from the way it worked that the government was endorsing religion, Breyer said.

7.   The founders did not want government or government employees while on the job to endorse or to favor one religion over another or to endorse religion over non-religion.

8.   Thomas asserted that parents, who must give permission for their children to attend the meetings, would not be confused about whether the school system is endorsing religion.

9.   Voucher opponents argued that because most of the Cleveland vouchers are used at religious schools, the state of Ohio is endorsing religion by picking up the tuition tab.

10.   Where the choice of service is truly private and the governmental purpose is secular, government help does not endorse religion.