High school football coach at center of Supreme Court prayer case resigns after first game back

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The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Coach Joe Kennedy in June 2022, finding his personal religious observance was protected by the Constitution.

over his postgame prayers has resigned his position, days after he returned to coach his first game since his victory before the high court.

"As I have demonstrated, we must make a stand for what we believe in. In my case, I made a stand to take a knee," he said."I encourage all Americans to make their own stand for freedom and our right to express our faith as we see fit. I appreciate the people of Bremerton, the coaches, staff and especially the students and wish them all well. Bremerton will always be home."

Hiram Sasser, executive general counsel of First Liberty Institute, a conservative legal organization that represented Kennedy, said in a statement that his"family health situation is very serious and he and his family are in our thoughts and prayers." He filed a lawsuit in August 2016, arguing the Bremerton School District violated his First Amendment rights, and lost in the lower courts. But the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Kennedy in June 2022, finding the First Amendment protected his personal religious observance from government reprisal.

 

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