Supreme Court Decision Looms On HS Football Coach Fired For Praying With Players
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The U.S. Supreme Court could deliver a ruling any day on a case involving a former Seattle-area football coach who was fired from his job because he refused to stop praying on the field with players.
During oral arguments two months ago, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices seemed sympathetic to Kennedy.
The Washington Post reported:
Questions from the court’s conservatives indicated they believe the school district has misread the court’s precedents regarding government endorsement of religion and perhaps was hostile to such demonstrations.
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Justice Clarence Thomas questioned whether Kennedy would have been disciplined if he had taken a knee during the national anthem to protest racism. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. questioned Katskee, legal director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, about other political activism.
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