Justices on the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case surrounding a former high school football coach who was fired by a Washington school district for kneeling and praying on the field after games.
heard oral arguments in a case surrounding a former high school football coach who was fired by a Washington school district for kneeling and praying on the field after games.legal fight with the Bremerton, Washington, school district began in 2015, and the case briefly reached the Supreme Court in 2019, when justices declined to take it and said the case was for lower courts to decide.
'JUST GIVING THANKS TO GOD': SUPREME COURT AGREES TO HEAR LAWSUIT OVER EX-FOOTBALL COACH FIRED FOR PRAYING ON FIELD Richard Katskee, an attorney defending the school board's firing of Kennedy, argued Monday the coach claimed his prayers"help these kids be better people" and pointed out that Kennedy ignored accommodation offers, such as private locations to pray away from the field.
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