Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti called a Nashville public school’s accommodation of Muslim students during Ramadan “blatantly unconstitutional,” saying the school crossed the line from allowing religious exercise to actively promoting it. In a Tuesday interview with the Tennessee Star, Skrmetti responded to reports that a Metro Nashville Public Schools employee set up a dedicated Islamic prayer room at John Overton High School and encouraged Muslim students to skip class to use it. “Free exercise says the government can’t stop you from practicing your religion,” Skrmetti explained. “The establishment clause, as interpreted, and as we hear about every time the legislature tries to do anything these days, says that the state can’t … participate in promoting particular religious viewpoints.”