{"id":2019052,"date":"2023-09-01T06:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-who-won-legal-fight-to-pray-on-field-vows-to-kneel-again-i-get-to-bring-god-back\/"},"modified":"2023-09-01T06:20:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T10:20:30","slug":"coach-who-won-legal-fight-to-pray-on-field-vows-to-kneel-again-i-get-to-bring-god-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-who-won-legal-fight-to-pray-on-field-vows-to-kneel-again-i-get-to-bring-god-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach who successfully fought for the right to pray on the field promises to kneel again, bringing God back."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoach-who-won-legal-fight-to-pray-on-field-vows-to-kneel-again-i-get-to-bring-god-back%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2019052&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>High School Football \u200bCoach Vows \u200bto &#8220;Bring God \u2063Back&#8221; After 7-Year\u2062 Legal\u2064 Battle<\/h2>\n<p>A Washington state high school football coach, Joe Kennedy, who was terminated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-massive-implications-scotus-takes-up-case-involving-high-school-football-coach-fired-for-praying-on-the-field\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 'Massive Implications': SCOTUS Takes Up Case Involving High School Football Coach Fired for Praying on the Field\u00a0\">post-game prayers<\/a> \u200dwith students, is determined to make a powerful \u200bcomeback. After\u2063 a lengthy legal\u2063 fight \u2064that reached the highest court last year, Kennedy is ready to &#8220;bring God back&#8221; when he returns to \u2062the field\u2062 on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-continue-to-stand-firm-in-my-conviction-of-faith-navy-football-coach-says-he-was-fired-after-refusing-covid-vaccine\/\" title=\"\u2018I Continue To Stand Firm In My Conviction Of Faith\u2019: Navy Football Coach Says He Was Fired After Refusing COVID Vaccine\">assistant football coach<\/a>\u200b in Bremerton, Washington, began a post-game prayer ritual in 2008. However, in \u20642015, school officials instructed\u200d him to cease\u200b his silent\u200c prayers.\u2063 Despite this setback, Kennedy \u2064plans to kneel and pray at the 50-yard line once again, as he has done since the very beginning.<\/p>\n<h3>A Legal Battle \u200dfor Freedom of Religion<\/h3>\n<p>In 2015, Kennedy was relieved of his coaching duties\u2062 after\u2062 other students started joining his post-game prayers. He filed a lawsuit, \u2062claiming that the Bremerton School District violated his First Amendment right to freedom of religion. This legal battle culminated\u200b in a Supreme \u200bCourt decision \u200bin his favor\u2064 on June 27, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Although \u2063Kennedy admits \u2064feeling a\u2063 bit \u2064rusty \u2062after his \u200blong-awaited return\u200d to the\u2064 field, he is determined to stand up\u200d against the district&#8217;s disapproval. Despite their lack of enthusiasm,\u200d Kennedy \u200dhas\u2063 received overwhelming support from the\u2064 local community,\u2062 students, and his \u200bfellow coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Neil Gorsuch, who wrote\u200b the majority opinion, stated that the government had\u2064 sought to punish Kennedy for engaging in a brief, \u2063quiet, personal religious observance. He criticized the \u2064government&#8217;s justification for suppressing religious \u2063observances\u200b while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-who-won-legal-fight-to-pray-on-field-vows-to-kneel-again-i-get-to-bring-god-back\/\" title=\"Coach who successfully fought for the right to pray on the field promises to kneel again, bringing God back.\">allowing\u2063 comparable secular speech<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Story of Resilience and Inspiration<\/h3>\n<p>Kennedy&#8217;s legal saga has led him to write \u2064a\u200d book, titled &#8220;Average Joe: The Coach Joe Kennedy Story,&#8221; which is set to be released \u200bon Oct. 24. The book chronicles his journey from being \u2062a 20-year Marine Corps veteran\u2062 who fought in the \u2063Gulf\u2064 War to becoming a\u200d praying coach and the subsequent \u2062court battle that reached the highest \u2063court twice.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the book, a movie about Kennedy&#8217;s life, \u200balso called &#8220;Average Joe,&#8221; is in production by GND\u2062 Media Group, the\u200b producer behind the &#8220;God&#8217;s Not Dead&#8221; movie series.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his tumultuous life, Kennedy\u200d hopes that his story will inspire others. From\u2062 an unwanted pregnancy to homelessness and time spent\u2063 in group homes, \u200dfoster\u2063 homes, and boys&#8217;\u200d homes, \u200dKennedy&#8217;s book offers a firsthand account of his challenging upbringing.<\/p>\n<p>As for his future\u200c as a coach, Kennedy remains open \u2064to what lies ahead. He sees this season as \u200ca \u200cgoal he wants to accomplish, and once he takes that knee \u200don the 50-yard line, he will feel like he has completed his mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a 7-year legal battle that reached the highest court, Joe Kennedy, a Washington state high school football coach, was fired for post-game prayers with students. However, he remains determined to &#8220;bring God back&#8221; as he returns to the field in Bremerton, Washington this Friday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2019053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2019052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2019052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2019052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2019053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2019052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2019052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2019052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}