IT was a rather clever tactic the supreme court used to judge in his favor but also lay down how to not have to deal with it again. Their decision was basically

IT was a rather clever tactic the supreme court used to judge in his favor but also lay down how to not have to deal with it again. Their decision was basically not that either side was right or wrong but the actions the state took were wrong. They ruled the way the state acted was hostile towards his religious beliefs which are protected that nullifies the case. i.e someone commits murder and claims it was a religious sacrifice and the party was willing then prosecution bases their case on two religious nuts with bad morals perform ritual and don't present the base evidence of murder not allowed. As long as in future cases brought up they stick to the basic laws of their state and don't throw in opinion evidence they can avoid the sc