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Washington HS football coach Joseph Kennedy reinstated after Supreme Court decision

Bremerton (Wash.) assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy reinstated after Supreme Court decision regarding prayer after games.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Oct 28, 2022

High school football coach who led prayers on the field will get his job back

Joseph Kennedy will be reinstated to his previous position with the Bremerton High School football team, after the Supreme Court ruled in his favor.

WEKU · Oct 27, 2022

Danny Westneat: The myth at the heart of the praying coach case

The praying Bremerton, Washington, coach won a great victory in the U.S. Supreme Court this week. But to get that win, he lost his way.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

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Football Coach’s 50-Yard-Line Prayer At Issue In Supreme Court Case

Joseph Kennedy, a former high school football coach in Bremerton, Washington, is waiting for the Supreme Court to rule on his case about prayer. And he insists he is a centrist that most Americans would agree with on religious freedom issues and the U.S. Constitution.

Zenger · Jun 24, 2022

Joe Kennedy: How Christian conservatives made a hero of a high school football coach

Case being considered by US Supreme Court among several likely to make history break with precedent, writes Andrew Buncombe

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

‘If he wins, they’ll implement a Christian version of sharia law’: The community divided by prayers of high school football coach

US Supreme Court set to make another ruling with huge reverberations, writes Andrew Buncombe in Bremerton

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Commentary: Supreme Court must protect religious freedom

On April 25, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case, Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, about a public school football coach who pressured his players to pray with him at the 50-yard line. The court’s conservative majority seemed to signal support for the coach.

Tribune News Service · May 3, 2022

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