The outcome could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in the public school setting.
who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school settings. for the coach with the court’s conservative justices in the majority and its liberals in dissent. The justices said the coach’s prayer was protected by the First Amendment.
The decision is the latest in a line of Supreme Court rulings for religious plaintiffs. In another recent example, the court ruled this month that from a program that offers tuition aid for private education, a decision that could ease religious organizations’ access to taxpayer money. The coach and his attorneys at First Liberty Institute, a Christian legal group, were among those cheering the decision. Paul Clement, the attorney who argued the case on behalf of coach Joseph Kennedy, said in a statement that the decision would allow the coach “to finally return to the place he belongs – coaching football and quietly praying by himself after the game.”
Kennedy, a Christian, is a former football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington. He started coaching at the school in 2008 and initially prayed alone on the 50-yard line at the end of games. Students started joining him, and over time he began to deliver a short, inspirational talk with religious references. Kennedy did that for years and also led students in locker room prayers. The school district learned what he was doing in 2015 and asked him to stop.
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