A 2022 Supreme Court ruling allowing a Washington state high school football coach to pray on the field at the end of games is the first step in a nationwide push to return affirmations of faith to the public square, according to the Christian legal group that won the case.
President and CEO Kelly Shackelford said the high court’s 6-3 decision in favor of coach Joe Kennedy means public affirmations of faith that were once blocked are now permitted — and Americans should seize these opportunities, he said.
The Supreme Court’s decision in favor of Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Shackelford said, is a sign that a pivotal 1971 decision that is cited to block the involvement of religion in civic and public settings may no longer apply. Mr. Shackelford said the practical outcome of the “Lemon test” — as the criteria came to be known — has been a “strict separation of church and state, that wherever government is, religion can’t be.”
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