In his dissent Morton argued for a more liberal reading of the Article 2 of the state constitution (which addressed religious freedoms), and argued that every person "has a constitutional right to discuss the subject of God, to affirm or deny his existence.
モートンはその反対意見で、州憲法第2条（信教の自由）をよりリベラルに読めば、あらゆる人は「神の問題を論じ、その存在を肯定するも否定するも主張する憲法上の権利がある。