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Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

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What Happened to the Coach?

A high school football coach lost his job because he knelt at midfield after games to offer a quiet prayer of thanks. There's an inherent tension where the coach has a right to practice his religion, but the school cannot be perceived as endorsing religion. But those boundaries are often hazy, and as a result, the court has been called upon to draw some lines here. The majority opinion uses a tactic which is focusing entirely on using a tactic that will not work in this case. It says mister kennedy was alone when he began to pray, though players from the other team and members of the community joined him before he finished his prayer. This event spurred media coverage of mister

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