Joe Kennedy, a high school football coach who was fired for praying at games, has reached a $2 million settlement with the school board and will re-coach.
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Kennedy in August 2022, with the judge ruling that the First Amendment protects his right to pray in the field. A court later ruled in October 2022 that the Bremerton School District in Washington state He must be re-appointed by March 2023. In a statement on its website dated March 6, Bremerton High School said he will be an assistant coach for the 2023 season.
Coach Joe Kennedy leads the players in prayer after a high school football game. (Meghan M. Reid/Kitsap Sun via AP
Mr. Kennedy will be an assistant football coach Bremerton High School For the 2023 season. Mr. Kennedy has completed the HR paperwork and we await the results of his fingerprint and background checks. Mr. Kennedy will need to complete all training required by the WIAA.
The district also said it had reached an agreement for Kennedy’s attorney’s fees in the amount of $1,775,000, which must be approved by the school board.
“As with any other assistant coach, Mr. Kennedy will be involved in coaching staff communications and meetings, spring football practice, and other off-season football activities,” the district said.
Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel at the First Liberty Institute, a legal organization representing Kennedy, told Lt Seattle Times.
Kennedy began praying at the 50-yard line alone at the end of games until several students began to join him, which turned to him giving short inspirational lectures in which he cited God and religion. When the school district learned of the practice, they told him to stop and eventually fired him in 2015 when he refused to comply.
As Breitbart News described at the time, Sports Illustrated He even delved into the controversy in an article by Greg Bishop criticizing the Supreme Court case, arguing that Kennedy’s victory on the court could be an “erosion” of American democracy.
“this Sports Illustrated The article is nothing but a long smear against Christians, conservatives, and whites in general, and Coach Kennedy in particular, and on a personal, vicious level,” Breitbart News noted.
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