{"id":2023983,"date":"2023-09-06T20:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-who-won-landmark-scotus-prayer-ruling-steps-away-from-football-to-advocate-for-religious-liberty\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T20:31:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T00:31:11","slug":"coach-who-won-landmark-scotus-prayer-ruling-steps-away-from-football-to-advocate-for-religious-liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-who-won-landmark-scotus-prayer-ruling-steps-away-from-football-to-advocate-for-religious-liberty\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach who won SCOTUS prayer ruling steps away from football to advocate for religious liberty."},"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-who-won-landmark-scotus-prayer-ruling-steps-away-from-football-to-advocate-for-religious-liberty%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=2023983&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 Coach Steps Away from Football to Advocate for Religious Liberty<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joseph-kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Kennedy<\/a>, the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coach-who-won-landmark-scotus-prayer-ruling-steps-away-from-football-to-advocate-for-religious-liberty\/\" title=\"Coach who won SCOTUS prayer ruling steps away from football to advocate for religious liberty.\">high school\u2063 football coach<\/a> in Washington state who won a landmark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/supreme-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> case after losing his job for\u2064 praying on the field with \u200bstudents, announced on Wednesday that \u200dhe was\u200d stepping away from football to advocate for religious \u200bliberty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kennedy\u2062 was placed on administrative leave from Bremerton High School \u200din 2015 after complaints about his on-field prayers, then eventually\u2062 lost his job. He was later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/coach-fired-for-praying-at-football-game-reinstated-to-old-role-gets-nearly-2-million-settlement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reinstated<\/a> to his position after the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-supreme-court-affirms-religious-liberty-rules-in-favor-of-public-high-school-football-coach-punished-for-praying-after-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruled this summer<\/a> that his First Amendment\u2063 rights had been \u200cviolated. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On Wednesday, Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/coachjoekennedy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Kennedy-Resigns-from-Bremerton-High-School-RELEASE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200dhe was resigning from his position at\u200b Bremerton to care for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whitmer-defends-trip-to-florida-despite-travel-warning-i-wasnt-partying-in-miami\/\" title=\"Whitmer Defends Trip To Florida Despite Travel Warning: \u2018I Wasn\u2019t Partying In Miami!\u2019\">sick family member<\/a> and be a religious liberty advocate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI believe I can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by working from outside the school system so that is \u2063what\u2062 I will\u2062 do,\u201d Kennedy said in a statement. \u201cI \u200dwill continue to work to help people understand and embrace the historic ruling at the heart of our case. \u200cAs a result of our case, we all have more freedom, not less. That should be celebrated and not disrespected.\u201d  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs I have demonstrated, we must make a \u200bstand for what we believe in,\u201d he added. \u201cIn my case,\u200b I made a stand to take a knee. I encourage all Americans to make their own stand for freedom and our right\u200d to express our faith as we see fit. I appreciate the people of Bremerton, the coaches,\u200b staff and especially the students and wish them all well. Bremerton will\u200d always be home.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kennedy only coached in one game back \u200cat Bremerton before announcing his resignation. Bremerton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13seattle.com\/news\/following-years-of-legal-battles-praying-football-coach-joe-kennedy-resigns-after-1-game#:~:text=BREMERTON%2C%20Wash.&#038;text=Joe%20Kennedy%20strode%20alone%20to,School%2027%2D12%20Friday%20night.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">defeated<\/a> \u2062 Mount Douglas Secondary School 27-12, after which Kennedy prayed by himself in the middle of the field. According to the\u200b Seattle Times,\u2064 he plans on \u200dmoving to Florida, where he \u2064lived as his legal saga played\u200d out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe\u2062 district has received Mr. Kennedy\u2019s resignation and it\u2064 is pending board approval at tomorrow\u2019s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/principal-of-robb-elementary-school-in-uvalde-suspended\/\" title=\"Principal of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde Suspended\">regularly scheduled meeting<\/a>,\u201d Bremerton spokesperson Karen Bevers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/praying-bremerton-football-coach-joe-kennedy-quits-after-one-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> \u200b the Times. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE\u200b TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In June, the\u200b Supreme Court ruled that\u200c Kennedy had been discriminated against because of his faith. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHere, a\u2064 government entity sought to punish\u200d an individual\u200b for engaging in a brief, quiet, \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-supreme-court-affirms-religious-liberty-rules-in-favor-of-public-high-school-football-coach-punished-for-praying-after-games\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Religious Liberty, Rules In Favor Of Public High School Football Coach Punished For Praying After Games\">personal religious observance doubly protected<\/a> by the \u2064Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment. And the \u2062only \u2064meaningful justification the government \u2064offered for its reprisal \u2064rested on \u200ba mistaken view that it had a duty to ferret out and suppress,\u201d Justice Neil Gorsuch <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/high-school-football-coach-scores-big-win-supreme-court-post-game-prayer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">wrote<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u2062\u201cReligious \u200bobservances even as it allows comparable secular speech. The Constitution \u2062neither mandates\u2063 nor tolerates that kind of discrimination.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kennedy,\u200c a former Marine, is working on a book and film project about his experience. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Kennedy, the Washington state high school football coach, who won a Supreme Court case for praying with students on the field, is leaving football to champion religious freedom. 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