IN-DEPTH: ‘I Fought the Good Fight’; High School Football Coach Returns to the Field After Supreme Court Ruling

A high school coach returns to the game on the first of September after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of his First Amendment right to pray on the football field.
IN-DEPTH: ‘I Fought the Good Fight’; High School Football Coach Returns to the Field After Supreme Court Ruling
Coach Joe Kennedy, 2022. Courtesy of First Liberty Institute
Matt McGregor
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A high school coach returns to the game on the first of September after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of his First Amendment right to pray on the football field.

Joe Kennedy, a twenty-year Marine veteran and assistant coach for the Bremerton High School (BHS) football team in Bremerton, Washington, was suspended in 2015 for his custom of taking a knee and praying midfield after games to offer thanks, whether his team won or lost.