1. The claim of centrality of the Valley to the practice of the traditional Cherokee religion, as required by Yoder, Woody and Frank, is missing from this case;; Id;NATIVE AMERICANS AND THE JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF SACRED,1999
2. Secularists tend to overlook the importance of religion and its historical role in American public life;Bruce See;COMING TO TERMS WITH THE END OF SECULAR POLITICS,2007