{"id":2020840,"date":"2023-09-03T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-joe-kennedy-lauded-as-hero-after-taking-knee-in-prayer-for-first-time-since-supreme-court-victory\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T13:14:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T17:14:30","slug":"coach-joe-kennedy-lauded-as-hero-after-taking-knee-in-prayer-for-first-time-since-supreme-court-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-joe-kennedy-lauded-as-hero-after-taking-knee-in-prayer-for-first-time-since-supreme-court-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Joe Kennedy hailed as a &#8216;hero&#8217; for kneeling in prayer after Supreme Court win."},"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\">30<\/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-joe-kennedy-lauded-as-hero-after-taking-knee-in-prayer-for-first-time-since-supreme-court-victory%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=2020840&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>Football Coach Joe Kennedy\u2063 Returns to the Field,\u200c Celebrated as a Hero for Religious Freedom<\/h2>\n<p>Football\u200b coach Joe Kennedy has made a triumphant comeback to the\u2064 football stadium, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-joe-kennedy-lauded-as-hero-after-taking-knee-in-prayer-for-first-time-since-supreme-court-victory\/\" title=\"Coach Joe Kennedy hailed as a 'hero' for kneeling in prayer after Supreme Court win.\">receiving \u2064widespread praise<\/a> on social media. Many are\u200c hailing him as a &#8220;hero&#8221; for\u200d his unwavering fight for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ca-churches-finally-got-help-from-scotus-and-it-was-a-huge-blow-to-gavin-newsom\/\" title=\"CA Churches Finally Got Help from SCOTUS and It Was a Huge Blow to Gavin Newsom\">religious freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, who coaches at Bremerton High School in Washington state, was fired in 2015 for taking a knee and praying on\u200d the field\u2062 after games. This personal &#8220;ritual,&#8221; which he had\u200d been practicing since 2008, came to an end when <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.\">school officials instructed<\/a> him to stop. In response, Kennedy filed a \u2063lawsuit \u2062against the Bremerton School District, claiming his termination violated his freedom of religion. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-breyers-final-a-few-months-on-scotus-dominated-by-abortion-and-guns-cases\/\" title=\"Justice Breyer\u2019s Final A few months on SCOTUS Dominated by Abortion and Guns Cases\">case eventually reached<\/a> the Supreme Court, which ruled in \u200chis favor in \u20642022. Now,\u200c Kennedy has returned to the field to resume his tradition.<\/p>\n<h3>A Moment of Triumph<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;I used to run marathons \u2062quite a \u2062bit, and you never \u2064think you\u2019re going to\u2062 get to the end, \u200dand when you \u2062finally see that finish line, and you&#8217;re [thinking] &#8216;I just \u200cwant to get \u2062across it,'&#8221; Kennedy\u200c shared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dylan-mulvaney-shares-lessons-of-trust-and-trauma-in-500-days-of-being-a-girl\/\" title=\"Dylan Mulvaney's 500-day journey as a girl teaches valuable lessons on trust and trauma.\">heartfelt video posted<\/a> on social media. &#8220;And that\u2019s what tonight was. It was that perfect icing on\u200d the cake, and we finished the race.\u200b We did it together, and there\u2019s nothing better than keeping the faith throughout that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Footage of Kennedy&#8217;s \u200bfirst prayer on the field since 2015 was also shared on X, the platform formerly \u200bknown as Twitter, garnering \u200deven more support and gratitude from users.<\/p>\n<h3>New Prayer Policy<\/h3>\n<p>Following the Supreme Court ruling,\u2062 the school district has implemented a new prayer policy. Coaches are now allowed to pray on\u2062 the field, as long as they\u200b do not invite others to join them. They\u200d must also maintain a distance of\u2062 at least 25 feet from students while praying, according to KATU2.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his return, Kennedy expressed his determination to stand up against the district&#8217;s disapproval.\u2064 Despite acknowledging that officials are still \u2064not entirely \u200cpleased with\u200b his comeback,\u2063 he \u200cremains committed to his cause. Additionally, Kennedy has left the\u2063 possibility open for continuing his coaching career for another eight years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"link\">Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A Journey Chronicled<\/h3>\n<p>Kennedy is currently working on a new book titled <em>Average Joe: The Coach Joe Kennedy Story<\/em>. The book will delve \u200dinto his career, \u2063starting from his 20-year service as a Marine Corps veteran to his time as a praying \u2064coach and the subsequent court battle. It is set to be released on October 24. Furthermore, a movie about \u2062his \u200clife, also titled <em>Average Joe<\/em>, is in production by \u200cGND Media Group, \u2062the same producer behind the\u200b popular God&#8217;s Not Dead movie series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Football coach Joe Kennedy received praise on social media for his return to the stadium to pray, with many hailing him a &#8220;hero&#8221; in his fight for religious freedom. In 2015, Kennedy was fired from Bremerton High School in Washington state for kneeling and praying on the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2020841,"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-2020840","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\/2020840","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=2020840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}