U.S. Supreme Court takes up the case of a Washington state high school football coach who lost his job after he refused to stop praying on the field immediately after games.
One factor in the case may be whether the coach’s decision to pray in such a prominent place, on the 50-yard line, amounted to a private moment of giving thanks or a public demonstration of his religious faith that his players may have felt compelled to join.Kennedy became an assistant coach of the varsity football team at Bremerton High School in 2008 and later began offering a brief prayer on the field after games ended and the players and coaches met at midfield to shake hands.
Kennedy then sued, claiming violations of his right to free expression and religious freedom. But thesaid because he chose to say his prayers in such a prominent place, he was acting as a public employee and his conduct was therefore not protected by the First Amendment. His lawyer urged the Supreme Court to find that the prayers were an act of personal religious expression, adding, “He did not do so as a mouthpiece for the school district.”
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