After the Supreme Court declined to hear his case in 2019, the highest court in the land will do just that on Monday.
Kennedy sparked a nationwide controversy after he lost his job for conducting routine, post-game prayers after high school football games. He was an assistant coach for the Bremerton High School football team. He tells KIRO 7 he started praying alone after games around 2008, until some of his players asked him what he was doing.
“After learning of the incident, Athletic Director Barton spoke with Kennedy and expressed disapproval when Kennedy conducted a prayer on the field,” the court documents state. It also states, “In response, Kennedy posted on Facebook, ‘I think I just might have been fired for praying.
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