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The court argued that the praying was not private speech and was in fact, "religious speech directly sponsored and endorsed by a governmental agency." In response to the school boards claim regarding voluntary attendance, the court reasoned that students are often required to attend games class credits and classes like band. The official ruling stated that the school was in violation of the First Amendment.

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The school board argued that the prayer was student initiated, not initiated by administration or staff, thus constituting as "private speech." Private speech is protected by the First Amendment under "right to free speech." In addition, the SFISD argued that the football games were voluntary and attendance was not mandated, thus no one is forced to come partake in the praying.

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A small group of students and their mothers, brought the SFID to court, arguing against the student-led, student-initiated prayer.

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The school board came to the conclusion that students would anonymously vote on whether they wanted and who they want to deliver prayers at school functions. Votes came in and student initiated prayers continued to be conducted before football games.

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The Santa Fe Independent School District (SFID) is a rural public school district in Texas. The school had been facing some backlash regarding its incorporation of prayer at school functions and in the classroom. Specifically, at football games.