Another Win For The Free Exercise of Religion
The Supreme Court, siding with a football coach who knelt in prayer at the 50-yard line, ruled 6-3 that a school district cannot bar him from publicly exercising his faith on the field after the game. [Full Ruling Here]
The Issue:
In 2015, Kennedy had been a part-time football coach at Bremerton High School for seven years. Coach Kennedy would pray at midfield after each game, alone, with some of his players and players of the opposing team joining him. When the school district learned about Kennedy’s prayers, they told him to stop. When Kennedy refused, the district fired him. ...