 He criticized the majority's opinion for allowing political views to serve as an excuse for violating the law.Here, Judge Widener began by noting the trial judge's findings that there was a great deal of protest surrounding the Sniders' trial, and that the Sniders' refusal to stand was indeed disruptive.He criticized the majority's ruling as actually allowing an encroachment of the Sniders' religious beliefs and declared that "[s]uch a ruling simply adds another crack in Mr. Jefferson's wall."