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Joseph Kennedy is a practicing Christian and was an assistant football coach at Bremerton High School, a public school in Bremerton, Washington, starting in 2008.Inspired by the film Facing the Giants, Kennedy began praying after each football game, in the center of the field, at the 50-yard line. [2]
A Washington state high school football coach who won a Supreme Court case in 2022 after he lost his job for praying at the 50-yard line after games has resigned from his position.
High school football assistant coach Joe Kennedy, who won back his job in 2022 after he said he was let go when he knelt in prayer after games, resigned from his position at Bremerton High School ...
The prayers drew big crowds and protests, and the Bremerton, Washington, school district placed him on leave and then refused to renew his contract.
In the fall of 2015, BHS drew national attention over assistant football coach, Joe Kennedy, and his seven year old practice of taking a knee and praying at the 50-yard line after varsity and JV games. School Superintendent Aaron Leavell, [2] declared in September that Kennedy was in violation of federal court rulings and school district policy.
Doe, "nothing in the Constitution as interpreted by this Court prohibits any public school student from voluntarily praying at any time before, during, or after the schoolday." [19] In 2015, high school football coach Joseph Kennedy was fired for kneeling at 50-yard line after football games to pray.
Football coach Joe Kennedy is on administrative leave for praying after games
Joe Kennedy, a high school football coach who was the subject of a high-profile Supreme Court case after he lost his job for praying following games, announced his resignation from his position ...