A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned
A football coach who got job back after Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field has resigned
A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game.
A high school football coach in Washington state who won his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled he could pray on the field resigned Wednesday after just one game back.
Assistant Bremerton High School coach Joe Kennedy made the announcement on his website, citing several reasons, including that he needed to care for an ailing family member out of state. He had been living full-time in Florida, and before the first game last Friday he said he didn’t know if he’d continue coaching.
“I believe I can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by working from outside the school system so that is what I will do,” Kennedy wrote. “I will continue to work to help people understand and embrace the historic ruling at the heart of our case.”
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“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others.”
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The Nazis always show you who they are
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careful, wouldn’t want to get lashings from the edge on this one
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This is not a prohibition for public prayer, despite~~ reddit's~~lemmy's inclination to always quote this whenever public prayer is mentioned
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This dude is obviously showboating as the scripture describes. There’s no reason to go out on the middle of the field and kneel other than “look at me!”
It also doesn’t help that he peer pressured his students into doing the same.
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Openly pray to Satan in school, since it's perfectly legal
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No sir I am allowed to slaughter that goat in the middle of the classroom. It's my noon-prayer ritual
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I believe I can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by working from outside the school system so that is what I will do
Damnit, he's going to run for Congress.
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Yep, the grift continues.
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Fucking exactly... These chucklefucks are like influencers for right wing media obsessed morons.
God I hate this timeline.
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No like about it
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Or he’s getting a job with Newsmax or something similar.
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Tuberville 2.0
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And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
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"can best continue to advocate for constitutional freedom and religious liberty by" ostracizing other religious beliefs and making those students feel uncomfortable
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This is the part that gets skipped.
It wasn't him just going out and saying a little, quiet prayer to himself. I wouldn't give a shit about that, I don't think anybody would. You do you.
He was bringing a ton of students into the fold. The whole team was praying with him.
He claimed that it wasn't required or expected but come on. You know damn well if you were a player on the team and you're the only guy not praying, you're gonna have a bad time.
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Something tells me that you would also have found yourself quickly dropped from the team.
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Love how SCOTUS misrepresented facts in this case. Thanks Cardinal Alito and Cult Lady Barrett.
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Just Like the lady who recently claimed an LGBTQ couple wanted her business to serve them against her religious beliefs and then we all found out there was no such real customers? She had made up the situation to go to the courts and they still sided with her!!?
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It went according to plan.
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Wasn't this one where they just outright invented 'facts' wholesale?
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He just decided that "victimhood" pays better than coaching that's all. It's just Economics.
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Yet another alt-right podcast begins, sponsored by boner pills and protein powder.
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He's always was just another Republican snowflake looking for attention, by doing what the Bible says not to fucking do btw, and money.
Fuck this fake ass Republican bigot, racist, and honestly shitty fake ass Christian.
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In other words "news" outlets are paying him more to be on TV as a mouthpiece. C'mon now buddy, almost everyone knows the hustle now.
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Wonder what happens if a coach bows and prays to Satan on the field, will his rights be respected too?
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Pretty sure it was a political stunt from the start.
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This is actually common. My brother in law lost his state job when he enlisted in the National Guard. They claimed it was for another reason, but his issues with managing didn't start until he announced he had enlisted. He sued, won and got his job back after boot camp. His first day back he turned in his 2 Weeks notice. For these cases it's just proving the point and winning the right to go.out on their own terms.
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This is a very misleading article and leaves out the (key) first part of his statement:
"[I]t is apparent that the reinstatement ordered by the Supreme Court will not be fully followed after a series of actions meant to diminish my role and single me out in what I can only believe is retaliation by the school district," Kennedy wrote.
They're welcome to try to sue for defamation if he's lying, but I suspect he'll end up winning a pretty penny in a lawsuit of his own.
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a series of actions meant to diminish my role and single me out in what I can only believe is retaliation by the school district
Do we know what actions these are? Otherwise this quote is meaningless.
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He is free to do as he wants, just like everyone else. If he wants to pray, he can pray.
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It wasn’t like that, he was forcing players to pray, they didn't have to option to object or they would be kicked off the team.
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Based on the information from the court case, they didn't find evidence of that
But it was asserted there was social pressure to do so.
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Have a source for that assertion?
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