The U.S. Supreme Court has taken up a case regarding prayers before a town meeting and whether or not it violates the First Amendment.

The town of Greece, New York allowed prayers before town meetings and two residents complained about the process. They filed suit in federal court when he city refused to give in to their demands to stop.

A federal judge dismissed the initial case but was overruled on appeal by the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals who said that because the majority of prayers were Christian prayers, it constituted the city endorsing Christianity.

The town defended their actions saying it was a neutral policy and did not discriminate against any resident of the community.

18 states filed friend-of-the-court briefs encouraging the Supreme Court to hear the case and overturn the decision of the 2nd Circuit.

“The lack of clarity in this area is especially troubling to the extent it leaves courts to delve into questions best left to theologians, not courts of law,” Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher said in his brief.